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BRITISH WEST INDIES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("British West Indies" is a kind of...):
the Indies; West Indies (the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area)
Holonyms ("British West Indies" is a member of...):
British Empire (a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand)
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