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South East Asia

South East Asia is the alternative form of Southeast Asia.

Meaning of Southeast Asia

Proper noun

Southeast Asia

  1. 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

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

  1. South Dublin
  2. South Dudley
  3. South Dundas
  4. South Durras
  5. South East
  6. South East Asia
  7. South East Delhi
  8. South East England
  9. South Easton
  10. South Edmeston
  11. South Efate

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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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