a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, between SE Asia and Australia: the largest group of islands in the world; includes over 3000 Indonesian islands, about 7000 islands of the Philippines, and, sometimes, New Guinea
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Ma′lay Archipel′ago,
- Place Namesan extensive island group in the Indian and Pacific oceans, SE of Asia, including the Greater and Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, and the Philippines. Also called Malaysia.
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'Malay Archipelago' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Bandar Seri Begawan
- Borneo
- British Malaya
- East Indies
- Greater Sunda Islands
- Indonesia
- Indonesian
- Malaysia
- Moluccas
- Oceania
- Sunda Islands
- Timor
- archipelago
- banteng
- bumblebeefish
- climbing perch
- dragon's blood
- gaur
- gayal
- koel
- krait
- oriental
- pipe snake
- pit viper
- rasbora
- rubber plant
- sarong
- tokay