BRITISH WEST INDIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does British West Indies mean? 

• BRITISH WEST INDIES (noun)
  The noun BRITISH WEST INDIES has 1 sense:

1. the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad

  Familiarity information: BRITISH WEST INDIES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRITISH WEST INDIES (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)