Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dutch_east_indies

1 sense of dutch east indies

Sense 1
Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia, Dutch East Indies -- (a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions)
       INSTANCE OF=> country, state, land -- (the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries")