west indies

Noun
  1. The string of islands between North America and South America;
    A popular resort area (synset 108764887)
    associated with: obeah, obi - (West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery
    subtypes: british west indies - the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad
    is an instance of: archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water
    member holonym:
    • anguillan - a native or inhabitant of the island of Anguilla in the West Indies
    • west indian - a native or inhabitant of the West Indies
    has:
    • anguilla - a British colony in the West Indies
    • cayman islands - a British colony in the Caribbean to the northwest of Jamaica; an international banking center
    • montserrat - a volcanic island in the Caribbean; in the West Indies
    • antilles - a group of islands in the West Indies
    • french west indies - the islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France
    • virgin islands - a group of islands in northeastern West Indies (east of Puerto Rico) discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493; owned by United States and Britain
    • trinidad - an island in West Indies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela
    • tobago - island in West Indies
    • bahama islands, bahamas, commonwealth of the bahamas - island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort
    is a part of:
    • caribbean - region including the Caribbean Islands
    • atlantic, atlantic ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
    same as: the indies

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