what does the name of the latter originate from?
The original name was translated by the English as the "Dutch East Indies", to keep it distinct from the "Dutch West Indies".
Dutch East Indies
The word "Indies" comes from (Names for India). The original name "Dutch Indies" () was translated by the English as the "Dutch East Indies", to keep it distinct from the "Dutch West Indies".
what is morotai mutiny? It was an incident in April 1945 involving members of the Australian First Tactical Air Force. why did it happen? UNANSWERABLE where did the incident happen? island of Morotai, in the Dutch East Indies
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Dutch East Indies [SEP] Etymology
The word "Indies" comes from (Names for India). The original name "Dutch Indies" () was translated by the English as the "Dutch East Indies", to keep it distinct from the "Dutch West Indies". The name "Dutch Indies" is recorded in the Dutch East India Company's documents of the early 1620s. Scholars writing in English use the terms "Indië", "Indies", the "Dutch East Indies", the "Netherlands Indies", and "colonial Indonesia" interchangeably.