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British East India Company

British East India Company proper noun: a seventeenth-century British joint-stock company founded to trade with India, and subsequently colonized a large part of the South Asia.

Proper noun

the British East India Company

  1. (historical) A seventeenth-century British joint-stock company founded to trade with India, and subsequently colonized a large part of the South Asia.

Questions about British East India Company

What does British East India Company mean?
British East India Company means a seventeenth-century British joint-stock company founded to trade with India, and subsequently colonized a large part of the South Asia.
What part of speech is British East India Company?
British East India Company is a proper noun.

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