East Indies - a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australiacurry - (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice Sunda Islands - a chain of islands in the western Malay Archipelago Borneo, Kalimantan - 3rd largest island in the world; in the western Pacific north of Java; largely covered by dense jungle and rain forest; part of the Malay Archipelago archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water Malay, Malayan - a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago |