Southeast Asia

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A geographic region of Asia, comprising the territories of Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Equivalents

EspañolSureste Asiático

FrançaisAsie du Sud-Est

DeutschSüdostasien

27 more languages

العربيةجَنُوب شَرْق آسِيَا

Azərbaycan diliCənub-Şərqi Asiya

བོད་སྐད།ཤར་གླིང་ལྷོ་ཤར

CatalàÀsia Sud-oriental

SuomiKaakkois-Aasia

हिन्दीदक्षिणपूर्व एशिया

MagyarDélkelet-Ázsia

Bahasa IndonesiaAsia Tenggara

ÍslenskaSuðaustur-Asía

ItalianoSud-est asiatico

日本語南洋東南アジア

ქართულისამხრეთ-აღმოსავლეთი აზია

ភាសាខ្មែរអាស៊ីអាគ្នេយ៍

한국어동남(東南)아시아 동남아 똥남아

ລາວອາຊີອາຄະເນ

Bahasa MelayuAsia Tenggara

NederlandsZuidoost-Azië

PolskiAzja Południowo-Wschodnia

PortuguêsSudeste asiático Sueste asiático

RomânăAsia de Sud-Est

РусскийЮго-Восточная Азия

தமிழ்தென்கிழக்காசியா

తెలుగుఆగ్నేయ ఆసియా

ไทยอุษาคเนย์เอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้เอเชียอาคเนย์

TagalogTimog-Silangang Asya

TürkçeGüneydoğu Asya

Tiếng ViệtĐông Nam Á

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

Southeast Asian southeast by east southeast by south Southeast Europe Southeast Iceland Southeast Region

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