Insulindia

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Insulindia is a historical and geographical term referring to the Malay Archipelago, the vast group of islands in Southeast Asia between the Asian mainland and Australia.

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Label Occurrences
Insulindia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
historical geographic region
borderedBy Celebes Sea
Indian Ocean
Java Sea
Pacific Ocean
Philippine Sea
South China Sea
characterizedBy high biodiversity
maritime trade routes
tropical climate
composedOf islands
culturallyInfluencedBy China
European colonial powers
South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent

Islamic world
etymologyFrom India
surface form: "India"

Latin "insula"
hasPart Andaman Islands
Borneo
Malesia
surface form: Brunei

Timor-Leste
surface form: East Timor

Indonesia
Java
Lesser Sunda Islands
Luzon
Malaysia
Mindanao
Maluku Islands
surface form: Moluccas

New Guinea
Nicobar Islands
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Singapore
Celebes
surface form: Sulawesi

Sumatra
historicallyUsedBy Dutch colonial administrators
European geographers
Portuguese writers
knownFor diverse cultures
diverse languages
volcanic activity
locatedBetween Asian mainland
Australia
locatedIn Southeast Asia
overlapsWith Austronesian cultural sphere
surface form: Austronesian world

Maritime Southeast Asia
refersTo Malay Archipelago

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Malay Archipelago alsoKnownAs Insulindia