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In⋅dies

  [in-deez]
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–noun
1. the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def. 1).
2. (used with a plural verb) East Indies (def. 1).
3. (used with a singular verb) a region in and near S and SE Asia; India, Indochina, and the East Indies.

in⋅die

  [in-dee] Informal.
–noun
1. an independently owned business: to work for an indie.
–adjective
2. (of a person) self-employed; (of a business) privately owned: an indie film producer.
Origin:
1940–45; ind(ependent) + -ie

East Indies

 
–noun
1. Also called the Indies, Indonesia. SE Asia, including India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago.
2. the Malay Archipelago.
Also called East India.

Related forms:
East Indian, adjective, noun

West Indies

 
–noun
1. Also called the Indies. an archipelago in the N Atlantic between North and South America, comprising the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahamas.
2. Federation of. Also called West Indies Federation. a former federation (1958–62) of the British islands in the Caribbean, comprising Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad, Tobago, and the Windward and Leeward island colonies.
Related forms:
West Indian, adjective, noun
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in·die   (ĭn'dē)   
n.   Informal
  1. One, such as a studio or producer, that is unaffiliated with a larger or more commercial organization.
  2. An artistic work produced by an independent company or group: "[His film] showed that indies could . . . take in millions at the box office" (Liesl Schillinger).
adj.  Of, relating to, or being an indie: an album of indie rock; an indie film company.

[ind(ependent) + -y1.]
In·dies   (ĭn'dēz)   
  1. See East Indies.
  2. See West Indies.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Indies

In"dies\, n. pl. A name designating the East Indies, also the West Indies.

Our king has all the Indies in his arms. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Indies 
1555, pl. of Indie, Indy, from M.E. Ynde (c.1225) "India," from the O.Fr. form of L. India (see India). Commonly applied to Asia and the East, later applied to the Caribbean basin, in a time of geographical confusion, which was distinguished from Asia proper by being called the West Indies.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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