East India

Variant of East Indies

East Indies definition

East Indies

  1. Malay Archipelago; esp., the islands of Indonesia
  2. Historical India, Indochina, and the Malay Archipelago
    also East India

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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