Southeast Asia
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Southeast Asia
A region of Asia bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. It includes Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, the Malay Archipelago, and sometimes the Philippines.
Southeast Asian adj. & n.
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Southeast Asia
n
(Placename) a region including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam
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South′east A′sia
n.
a region including Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, and the Malay Archipelago.
South′east A′sian, n., adj.
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Noun | 1. | Southeast Asia - a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore Indochina, Indochinese peninsula - a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam East Timor - a former Portuguese colony that was annexed by Indonesia in 1976; voted for independence from Indonesia in 1999 and in May 2002 became an independent nation Dutch East Indies, Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia - 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 Philippines, Republic of the Philippines - a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946 Republic of Singapore, Singapore - a country in southeastern Asia on the island of Singapore; achieved independence from Malaysia in 1965 Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations |
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Translations
Kaakkois-Aasia
Délkelet-Ázsia
Asia Tenggara
Suðaustur-Asía
東南アジア