WEST INDIES
Dictionary entry overview: What does West Indies mean?
• WEST INDIES (noun)
The noun WEST INDIES has 1 sense:
1. the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area
Familiarity information: WEST INDIES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WEST INDIES (noun)
Meaning:
The string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
the Indies; West Indies
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Meronyms (parts of "West Indies"):
Anguilla (a British colony in the West Indies)
Bahama Islands; Bahamas; Commonwealth of the Bahamas (island country in the Atlantic east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort)
Tobago; Trinidad (island in West Indies)
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)
French West Indies (the islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France)
Antilles (a group of islands in the West Indies)
Montserrat (a volcanic island in the Caribbean; in the West Indies)
Cayman Islands (a British colony in the Caribbean northwest of Jamaica; an international banking center)
Meronyms (members of "West Indies"):
Anguillan (a native or inhabitant of the island of Anguilla in the West Indies)
West Indian (a native or inhabitant of the West Indies)
Holonyms ("West Indies" 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)
