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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A region of southern Asia consisting of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

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  • proper noun All the countries of the Indian subcontinent (principally India, Pakistan and Bangladesh) and the Indian Ocean (principally Sri Lanka, Maldives)

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