Netherlands East Indies

plural noun

1. the Netherlands East Indies
   a former name (1798–1945) for Indonesia

Example Sentences

His father was in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, serving in Indonesia, when it was overrun by the Japanese.

From Seattle Times

After all it has been convincingly established that even Dutch housewives captured in the Netherlands East Indies were forced into sexual servitude in the early 1940s.

From Forbes

Some harbours in the Netherlands East Indies were free ports between 1829 and 1899; but these privileges were withdrawn by laws passed in 1898-1899, in order to establish uniformity of customs administration.

From Project Gutenberg

It was very apparent that his Excellency Jonkheer Adriaan Adriaanszoon Van Schouten, governor-general of the Netherlands East Indies, was in a temper.

From Project Gutenberg

"My appointment is from the governor-general of the Netherlands East Indies," Peter Gross stated.

From Project Gutenberg