| a former name of the Republic of Indonesia. |
[in-duh-nee-zhuh, -shuh, -zee-uh, -doh-] 
| 1. | East Indies (def. 1). |
| 2. | Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, the S part of Borneo, the W part of New Guinea, the Moluccas, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Bali, and Madura: gained independence from the Netherlands in 1949. 209,774,138; 741,098 sq. mi. (1,919,443 sq. km). Capital: Jakarta. |
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