MALAY ARCHIPELAGO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Malay Archipelago mean? 

• MALAY ARCHIPELAGO (noun)
  The noun MALAY ARCHIPELAGO has 1 sense:

1. a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia

  Familiarity information: MALAY ARCHIPELAGO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALAY ARCHIPELAGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

East India; East Indies; Malay Archipelago

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Malay Archipelago"):

Sunda Islands (a chain of islands in the western Malay Archipelago)

Borneo; Kalimantan (3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific to the north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago)

Meronyms (members of "Malay Archipelago"):

East Indian (a native or inhabitant of the East Indies)

Malay; Malayan (a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago)

Domain member region:

curry ((East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice)

Holonyms ("Malay Archipelago" is a part of...):

Pacific; Pacific Ocean (the largest ocean in the world)