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SRI (26A: ___ Lanka) SRI Lanka is an island country in South Asia. It is located in the Indian Ocean, just off the southeast coast of the Indian Peninsula. SRI Lanka has two capitals.
1886 map of Indochina, from the Scottish Geographical Magazine. In Indian sources, the earliest name connected with Southeast Asia is Yāvadvīpa []. [1] Another possible early name of mainland Southeast Asia was Suvarṇabhūmi ("land of gold"), [1] [2] a toponym, that appears in many ancient Indian literary sources and Buddhist texts, [3] but which, along with Suvarṇadvīpa ("island" or ...
The Malay Peninsula [a] is located in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area contains Peninsular Malaysia , Southern Thailand , and the southernmost tip of Myanmar ( Kawthaung ).
The Malay Archipelago is the archipelago between Mainland Southeast Asia and Australia, and is also called Insulindia or the Indo-Australian Archipelago.The name was taken from the 19th-century European concept of a Malay race, later based on the distribution of Austronesian languages.
Peninsulas of Southeast Asia (4 C, 2 P) Peninsulas of Asia by country (19 C) A. ... Klias Peninsula; Kudat Peninsula; Kyttyk Peninsula; L. Lisan Peninsula; M. Malay ...
By far the largest country in Southeast Asia, Indonesia lies at the southern end of the region and consists of roughly 17,500 islands, including Sumatra and Bali. With so many islands, it’s no ...
Southeast Asia is one of the most culturally diverse regions of the world. There are many different languages and ethnicities in the region. Historically, Southeast Asia was significantly influenced by Indian, Chinese, Muslim, and colonial cultures, which became core components of the region's cultural and political institutions. Most modern ...
A peninsula [1] [2] is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most sides. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Peninsulas exist on each continent. [ 5 ] [ 2 ] The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula .