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Dutch East Indies
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Dutch East Indies: see Indonesia Indonesia , officially Republic of Indonesia, republic (2005 est. pop. 241,974,000), c.735,000 sq mi (1,903,650 sq km), SE Asia, in the Malay Archipelago. The fourth most populous country in the world, Indonesia comprises more than 13,000 islands extending c.
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Later on it was confined only to the Indonesian islands which also came to be known as Dutch Indies meaning the Indian Islands belonging to the Netherlands, The present national name of Indonesia for these islands retains the signification of Indies for it has been coined from two Greek words: 'Indos' meaning Indian and 'nesos' meaning island.
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