[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["East Indies(def1) East Indies(def1).", "Republic of.Formerly Netherlands East Indies,.a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, the S part of Borneo, the W part of New Guinea, the Moluccas, Bali, Madura, and most of the Lesser Sunda Islands: gained independence from the Netherlands in 1949. 735,358 sq. mi. (1,904,569 sq. km).:Jakarta."]}]