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PRONUNCIATION OF DUTCH EAST INDIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DUTCH EAST INDIES

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Dutch East Indies is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DUTCH EAST INDIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dutch East Indies

Dutch East Indies

The Dutch East Indies was a Dutch colony that became modern Indonesia following World War II. It was formed from the nationalised colonies of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Dutch government in 1800. During the 19th century, Dutch possessions and hegemony were expanded, reaching their greatest territorial extent in the early 20th century. This colony which later formed modern-day Indonesia was one of the most valuable European colonies under the Dutch Empire's rule, and contributed to Dutch global prominence in spice and cash crop trade in the 19th to early 20th century. The colonial social order was based on rigid racial and social structures with a Dutch elite living separate but linked to their native subjects. The term Indonesia came into use for the geographical location after 1880. In the early 20th century, local intellectuals began developing the concept of Indonesia as a nation state, and set the stage for an independence movement. Japan's World War II occupation dismantled much of the Dutch colonial state and economy.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DUTCH EAST INDIES

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Dutch disease
Dutch doll
Dutch door
Dutch elm
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Dutch gold
Dutch Guiana
Dutch guinea pig
Dutch hoe
Dutch master
Dutch mattress
Dutch medicine
Dutch metal
Dutch New Guinea
Dutch oven
Dutch Reformed Church

WORDS THAT END LIKE DUTCH EAST INDIES

British West Indies
burgundies
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East Indies
French West Indies
Indies
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Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands West Indies
organdies
the Dutch East Indies
the Dutch West Indies
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the Indies
the Netherlands East Indies
the Netherlands West Indies
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West Indies
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Synonyms and antonyms of Dutch East Indies in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Dutch East Indies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DUTCH EAST INDIES

Find out the translation of Dutch East Indies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Dutch East Indies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Dutch East Indies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

荷属东印度群岛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Indias Orientales Holandesas
570 millions of speakers

English

Dutch East Indies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

डच ईस्ट इंडीज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جزر الهند الشرقية الهولندية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Голландская Ост-Индия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Índias Orientais Holandesas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডাচ ইস্ট ইন্ডিজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Indes néerlandaises
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hindia Belanda
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Niederländisch-Ostindien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オランダ領東インド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

네덜란드 동인도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hindhia-Walanda
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Đông Ấn Hà Lan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டச்சு கிழக்கு இண்டீஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डच ईस्ट इंडीज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hollanda Doğu Hint Adaları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Indie Orientali Olandesi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Holenderskie Indie Wschodnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Голландська Ост - Індія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Indiile Olandeze de Est
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ολλανδικές Ανατολικές Ινδίες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Nederlandse Oos-Indië
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Nederländska Indien
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Dutch East Indies
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Dutch East Indies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DUTCH EAST INDIES»

The term «Dutch East Indies» is normally little used and occupies the 121.436 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DUTCH EAST INDIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Dutch East Indies» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Dutch East Indies» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Dutch East Indies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUTCH EAST INDIES»

Discover the use of Dutch East Indies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Dutch East Indies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Colonial Spectacles: The Netherlands and the Dutch East ...
At these exhibitions, the Netherlands showed off its colonies by erecting models of schools, sugar-factories, bridges, and railways exhibits, which were meant to give proof of the good works of modern colonial administration and enterprise.
Marieke Bloembergen, 2006
2
The Wine Stain: (A Dutch East Indies Folk Tale)
For the past several years, childhood sweethearts Joseph Mueller and Annabelle Van Pelt have attended the Spring Ball together.
Patricia Brown, 2006
3
American Visions of the Netherlands East Indies/Indonesia: ...
A revealing reassessment of the American government's position towards Indonesia's struggle for independence.
Frances Gouda, Thijs Brocades Zaalberg, 2002
4
The Defining Years of the Dutch East Indies, 1942-1949: ...
After the Dutch East Indies government surrendered to the Japanese invasion forces on March 8, 1942, the Japanese High Command on Java "invited" the Dutch colonials and those holding the Dutch nationality, whether of foreign or of ...
Jan A. Krancher, 2003
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Colonialism: an international, social, cultural, and ...
The government also makes it possible for individuals to lease government land in the Dutch East Indies; while all “unclaimed”land falls under government jurisdiction,authorities recognize native usufruct,or land-use,rights to land.
Melvin Eugene Page, Penny M. Sonnenburg, 2003
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The Dutch East Indies: Holland's Colonial Empire
It is her owner— ship of the Dutch East Indies, the greatest of island empires, which makes Holland to—day the third colonial power in the world. Lying in the Pacific Ocean and extending over 3,000 miles between the Malay Peninsula and  ...
Guaranty Trust Company of New York, 1922
7
Charles Sayers 1901-1943: Pioneer Painter In The Dutch East ...
The works of these painters managed to break with the conservatism that was common in the arts of the Dutch Indies at that time. A good example of this is the work of Charles Sayers (1901-1943).
Koos Van Brakel, Koos J. H. van Brakel, Charles Sayers, 2004
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Japan's Comfort Women: Sexual Slavery and Prostitution ...
Japan's invasion of the Dutch East Indies and military violence against women For the Japanese Imperial forces that entered the war against the Allied nations in early Decemher 1941. the conquest of the Dutch East Indies lnow Indonesia) ...
Toshiyuki Tanaka, 2002
9
Malay Made Easy - Covering the Dutch East Indies and Malaya
We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
A. W. Hamilton, 2010
10
A lifelong passion: P.J. Veth (1814-1895) and the Dutch East ...
A Lifelong Passion gives insight into the life of this exceptional nineteenth-century man.
Paul van der Velde, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUTCH EAST INDIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Dutch East Indies is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fragile Histories, Fugitive Lives at NAF
... this period hinged on passing trade, the trafficking of slaves and the deportation of convicts and exiles from the Dutch East Indies to the Cape. «Artslink.co.za News, Jul 15»
2
Friends of the A.K. Smiley Public Library offer Steinbeck's 'The Moon …
... Andrews (1884–1960) is a captivating account of the 10 years the author spent on whaling ships, of his expedition to the Dutch East Indies, of ... «Redlands Daily Facts, Jul 15»
3
Bid to trace relatives of Lt Edward Roebuck who died while being …
An estimated 92,000 civilians also died in the course of the project, chiefly forced labour brought from Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Jun 15»
4
Junya Watanabe's Africa-themed fashion show was missing a key …
It was copying a fabric made by the local Javanese population in the colonial Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. When Vlisco introduced it into ... «Quartz, Jun 15»
5
Comrades-in-arms during World War II share Short Snorters
... and Dunn covered the war together in Java, escaping to Australia just before the Japanese captured the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). «Coeur d'Alene Press, Jun 15»
6
Is Indonesia Confronting Turmoil Again?
Best known historically as the Dutch East Indies before World War II and its takeover by Japan, it followed its post-World War II liberation with a ... «The Desert Sun, Jun 15»
7
Surviving a WWII Japanese prison camp
Tamara Fielding, of Northport, was living on the island of Java in what was then the Dutch East Indies during World War II when the Japanese ... «Newsday, Jun 15»
8
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang Vists Cuba on June 25
Rothschild family , a Jewish organization net worth in the trillions of dollars , they have their hands in the Dutch East Indies , a shipping ... «Havana Times, Jun 15»
9
Cosentino: Old book tells fascinating tales of orchids
... especially Thailand and Indonesia (in those days the Dutch East Indies), and central and northern South America, particularly Colombia. «Auburn Citizen, Jun 15»
10
Treasuring the flavours of home
... to the Cape were Muslims, sent into exile from colonies such as Madagascar, India, Ceylon and the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia today). «Independent Online, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Dutch East Indies [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dutch-east-indies>. Apr 2024 ».
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