Southeast Asia

See also: South-East Asia and South East Asia

English

Alternative forms

South-East Asia, South East Asia

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Southeast Asia

A subregion of Asia, comprising the territories of Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Synonyms: Nanyang, Southeastern Asia

Usage notes

The nation of Bangladesh and the states of Northeast India may also be included in this group.

Holonyms

Asia, Eurasia, Afro-Eurasia, World

Coordinate terms

Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia, South Asia, West Asia

Derived terms

Island Southeast Asia
Southeast Asian

Translations

a subregion of Asia

Arabic: جَنُوب شَرْق آسِيَا‎ m (janūb šarq ʾāsiyā)
Azerbaijani: Cənub-Şərqi Asiya
Belarusian: Паўднёва-Усхо́дняя Азія f (Paŭdnjova-Usxódnjaja Azija)
Bengali: দক্ষিণ পূর্ব এশিয়া (dôkhiṇ pūrbô eśiya)
Bikol Central: Sur-subangan na Asya
Bulgarian: Югоизто́чна А́зия f (Jugoiztóčna Ázija)
Burmese: အရှေ့တောင်အာရှ (a.hre.taung-ahra.)
Catalan: Àsia Sud-oriental f
Cebuano: Habagatang-sidlakang Asya
Chinese:
Cantonese: 東南亞, 东南亚 (dung¹ naam⁴ aa³)
Mandarin: 東南亞／东南亚 (zh) (Dōngnán-Yà), 南洋 (zh) (Nányáng)
Min Nan: 東南亞, 东南亚 (Tang-lâm-a)
Czech: Jihovýchodní Asie m
Danish: Sydøstasien
Dutch: Zuidoost-Azië
Esperanto: Sud-Orienta Azio
Estonian: Kagu-Aasia
Faroese: Landsynningsasia
Finnish: Kaakkois-Aasia (fi)
Franco-Provençal: Asia du Sud-Levant
French: Asie du Sud-Est (fr) f
Galician: Sueste asiático
Georgian: სამხრეთ-აღმოსავლეთი აზია (samxret-aɣmosavleti azia)
German: Südostasien (de) n
Greek: Νοτιοανατολική Ασία f (Notioanatolikí Asía)
Hebrew: דרום-מזרח אסיה‎
Hindi: दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया (hi) (dakṣiṇ pūrv eśiyā)
Hungarian: Délkelet-Ázsia (hu)
Icelandic: Suðaustur-Asía (is)
Indonesian: Asia Tenggara (id)
Italian: Sud-est asiatico
Japanese: 東南アジア (ja) (Tōnan Ajia)
Kannada: ಆಗ್ನೇಯ ಏಷ್ಯಾ (āgnēya ēṣyā)
Khmer: អាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍ (km) (ʼaazii ʼaaknee), អាស៊ីភាគអាគ្នេយ៍
Korean: 동남(東南)아시아 (ko) (Dongnamasia)
Lao: ອາຊີອາຄະເນ (ʼā sī ʼā kha nē)
Latvian: Dienvidaustrumāzija f
Lithuanian: Pietryčių Azija f
Malay: Asia Tenggara (ms)
Malayalam: തെക്ക് കിഴക്ക് ഏഷ്യ (tekkŭ kiḻakkŭ ēṣya)
Marathi: दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया n (dakṣiṇ pūrva eśiyā)
Mongolian: Зүүн Өмнөд Ази (Züün Ömnöd Azi)
Nepali: दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया n (dakṣiṇ pūrva eśiyā)
Norwegian: Sørøst-Asia
Oriya: ଦକ୍ଷିଣପୂର୍ବ ଏସିଆ (dôkṣiṇôpurbô esia)
Polish: Azja Południowo-Wschodnia (pl) f
Portuguese: Sueste asiático m, Sudeste asiático m
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: Asia de Sud-Est f
Russian: Ю́го-Восто́чная А́зия (ru) f (Júgo-Vostóčnaja Ázija)
Sanskrit: दक्षिण पूर्व एशिया n (dakṣiṇa pūrva eśiyā)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Југоисточна Азија f
Roman: Jugoistočna Azija (sh) f
Sicilian: Asia dû Sud-est f
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: Juhovýchodná Ázia f
Slovene: Jugovzhodna Azija f
Spanish: Sureste Asiático m
Swahili: Asia ya Kusini-Mashariki
Swedish: Sydostasien
Tagalog: Timog-Silangang Asya
Tamil: தென்கிழக்காசியா (teṉkiḻakkāciyā)
Telugu: ఆగ్నేయ ఆసియా (āgnēya āsiyā)
Tetum: please add this translation if you can
Thai: เอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ (th) (ee-chiia-dtà-wan-ɔ̀ɔk-chǐiang-dtâai), เอเชียอาคเนย์ (th) (ee-chiia-aa-ká-nee), อุษาคเนย์ (th) (ù-sǎa-ká-nee)
Tibetan: ཤར་གླིང་ལྷོ་ཤར (shar gling lho shar)
Turkish: Güneydoğu Asya (tr)
Turkmen: Günorta-Gündogar Aziýa
Ukrainian: Південно-Східна Азія f (Pivdenno-Sxidna Azija)
Urdu: جنوب مشرقی ایشیا‎ m
Uzbek: Janubi-Sharqiy Osiyo
Vietnamese: Đông Nam Á (vi)
Wolof: Bëj-saalum-penku Asi