Netherlands (East) Indies

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• East Indies — East Indian. 1. Also called the Indies, Indonesia. SE Asia, including India, Indonesia, and the Malay Archipelago. 2. the Malay Archipelago. Also called East India. * * * ▪ islands, Southeast Asia       the islands that extend in a wide belt… …   Universalium

• Netherlands East Indies —    The Dutch arrived in the Indone sian archipelago in 1596 as rivals of the British, Spanish, and Por tuguese. Cornelis (de) Houtman (c. 1565–1599) led this first expe dition. After the founding of the East India Company in 1602, the Dutch… …   Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands

• Netherlands East Indies — a former name of the Republic of Indonesia. * * * …   Universalium

• Netherlands East Indies — Abbreviation: NEI …   Универсальный русско-английский словарь



• Dutch East Indies — Dutch colony ← …   Wikipedia

• Batavia, Dutch East Indies — Batavia was the name of the capital city of the Netherlands Indies from 1619 to 1942. Its name is now Jakarta, the capital city of the Republic of Indonesia.Before the DutchIn the 15th century AD there was, at the mouth of the Ciliwung River in… …   Wikipedia

• Dutch East Indies — a former name of the Republic of Indonesia. * * * ▪ islands, Southeast Asia also called  Netherlands East Indies,  Dutch  Nederlands Oost indië, or Nederlandsch indië,         one of the overseas territories of The Netherlands until December 1949 …   Universalium

• The Netherlands East Indies — История: Голландская Ост Индия …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• Netherlands Antilles — Netherlands Antillean. a Netherlands overseas territory in the Caribbean Sea, N and NE of Venezuela; includes the islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, and St. Eustatius, and the S part of St. Martin: considered an integral part of the Dutch… …   Universalium



• Netherlands New Guinea — Nederlands Nieuw Guinea Dutch colony ← …   Wikipedia