South-East Asia
South-East Asia is the alternative form of Southeast Asia.
Meaning of Southeast Asia
Proper noun
Southeast Asia
- A geographic region of Asia, comprising the territories of Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
- Malay is the lingua franca of several Southeast Asia countries and has been simplified by its use as a second language by non-native speakers.
For example, the Malay plural is formed by repeating a word twice – buku means book and buku-buku means books.2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2022
- Synonyms:
- Nanyang, Southeastern Asia, Farther India
- Malay is the lingua franca of several Southeast Asia countries and has been simplified by its use as a second language by non-native speakers.
Questions about South-East Asia
- What is South-East Asia the alternative form of?
- South-East Asia is the alternative form of Southeast Asia.
Words near South-East Asia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: South-East Asia (page history and authors); Southeast Asia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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