FRENCH WEST INDIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does French West Indies mean? 

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

1. the islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRENCH WEST INDIES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)

Meronyms (members of "French West Indies"):

Guadeloupe (an island territory of France located in the eastern West Indies; tourism is the major industry)

Martinique (an island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands; administered as an overseas region of France)

Holonyms ("French West Indies" is a part of...):

the Indies; West Indies (the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area)