Names of Indonesia Oceania and Maritime Southeast Asia. During that era, the East Indies portion now called "Indonesia" fell under Dutch colonial control and therefore was referred to as Dutch East Indies. Insulindia or Insulinde, is an archaic geographical term for Maritime Southeast Asia, encompassing the entire area situated between Australasia and Indochina. More common in Portuguese and Spanish, it is a combined word (portmanteau) from "insula" ("island") and "india" (India). "Indonesia" derives from the Latin and Greek "Indus" (Ἰνδός), and the Greek "nésos" (νῆσος), meaning "island". The name dates to the 18th century, far predating the formation of independent Indonesia. In 1850,
Euonymeia of Gaia with either Uranus or Cephissus. The name itself derives from the Greek root-words "eû" () "good, well", and "onoma" () "name". Alternative interpretations for the origin of the name are that it is a direct reference to the area being "well named" or "of good repute", or that it comes from the spindle tree "Euonymus europaeus". The medieval name "Trachones" derives from the word "trachoni" () meaning "rock", derived from the ancient Greek adjective "trachys" () meaning "coarse". The modern colloquial name "Ano Kalamaki" (upper Kalamaki) arose in 1968 when Euonymeia was administratively linked with the coastal settlement