southeast asia

Noun
  1. A geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore (synset 108732943)
    is an instance of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth
    has:
    • 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
    is a part of: 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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