indies Definition

east indies

west indies

one that is independent; especially : an unaffiliated record or motion-picture production company

something (such as a record or film) produced by an indie

islands of the West Indies including Jamaica, Bahamas, Caymans, British Virgin Islands, British Leeward and Windward islands, Trinidad, and Tobago, all of which either were in the past or still are under British administration

the western Virgin Islands that were until 1917 a Danish possession and now constitute the Virgin Islands of the U.S.

southeastern Asia including India, Indochina, and the Malay Archipelago —a chiefly former name

the Malay Archipelago

islands of the West Indies belonging to France and including Guadeloupe, Martinique, Désirade, Les Saintes, Marie Galante, Saint Barthélemy, and part of Saint Martin

the islands lying between southeastern North America and northern South America bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic and comprising the Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, and Bahamas

former country including all of the British West Indies except the Bahamas and the British Virgin Islands

country in southeastern Asia in the Malay Archipelago comprising Sumatra, Java, southern and eastern Borneo, Sulawesi, western Timor, western New Guinea, the Moluccas, and many adjacent smaller islands; formerly (as the Netherlands Indies) an overseas territory of the Netherlands; capital Jakarta area 739,773 square miles (1,916,103 square kilometers), population 237,641,326