Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia proper noun: a geographic region of Asia, comprising the territories of Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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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.
Southeast Asia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Southeast Asia in Hindi
- a subregion of Asia
- दक्षिणपूर्व एशिया dakṣiṇpūrv eśiyā
Southeast Asia in Tamil
- a subregion of Asia
- தென்கிழக்காசியா teṉkiḻakkāciyā
Southeast Asia in Marathi
- a subregion of Asia
- दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया dakṣiṇ pūrva eśiyā
Southeast Asia in Urdu
- a subregion of Asia
- جنوب مشرقی ایشیا
More languagesFewer languages
- Southeast Asia in Bengali
- দক্ষিণ পূর্ব এশিয়া dokkhin purbo eśiẏa
- Southeast Asia in Telugu
- ఆగ్నేయ ఆసియా āgnēya āsiyā
- Southeast Asia in Malayalam
- തെക്ക് കിഴക്ക് ഏഷ്യ tekkŭ kiḻakk ēṣya
- Southeast Asia in Kannada
- ಆಗ್ನೇಯ ಏಷ್ಯಾ āgnēya ēṣyā
- Southeast Asia in Odia
- ଦକ୍ଷିଣପୂର୍ବ ଏସିଆ dakṣiṇapurba esiā
- Southeast Asia in Sanskrit
- दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया dakṣiṇa pūrva eśiyā
- Southeast Asia in Nepali
- दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया dakṣiṇ pūrva eśiyā
- Southeast Asia in Tagalog
- Timog-Silangang Asya
- Southeast Asia in Arabic
- جَنُوب شَرْق آسِيَا janūb šarq ʔāsiyā
- Southeast Asia in Malay
- Asia Tenggara
- Southeast Asia in Indonesian
- Asia Tenggara
- Southeast Asia in Persian
- آسیای جنوب شرقی âsiyâ-ye jonub-e šarġi
- Southeast Asia in Thai
- เอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ ee-chiia-dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk-chǐiang-dtâai, เอเชียอาคเนย์ ee-chiia-aa-ká-nee, อุษาคเนย์ ù-sǎa-ká-nee
- Southeast Asia in Vietnamese
- Đông Nam Á
- Southeast Asia in Myanmar
- အရှေ့တောင်အာရှ a.hre.taung-ahra.
Synonyms of Southeast Asia
Forms of Southeast Asia
| alternative form | South-East Asia |
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| alternative form | South East Asia |
Words formed from Southeast Asia
Questions about Southeast Asia
- What does Southeast Asia mean?
- Southeast Asia means a geographic region of Asia, comprising the territories of Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
- What is Southeast Asia in Hindi?
- Southeast Asia in Hindi is दक्षिणपूर्व एशिया (dakṣiṇpūrv eśiyā). See Southeast Asia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Southeast Asia?
- Southeast Asia is a proper noun.
Words near Southeast Asia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: 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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