"West Indies" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Audio: en-au-West Indies.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From west + Indies. From being lands called the Indies, of the West. From being mistaken for the East Indies (aka, the Indies). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|west|Indies}} west + Indies, {{l|en|Indies}} Indies, {{l|en|West}} West, {{l|en|East Indies}} East Indies Head templates: {{en-proper noun|p|head=West Indies}} West Indies pl (plural only)
  1. The islands of the Caribbean sea. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (place): Islands Translations (islands of the Caribbean sea): Վեստ Ինդիա (english: Vest India) (Armenian), Índies Occidentals [feminine, plural] (Catalan), 西印度群島 (Chinese Mandarin), 西印度群岛 (Xī Yìndù qúndǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), West-Indië [neuter] (Dutch), Länsi-Intia (Finnish), Indes occidentales [feminine, plural] (French), Caraïbes [feminine, plural] (French), Indias Occidentais [feminine, plural] (Galician), Westindien [neuter] (German), Karib-térség (Hungarian), Antillák (english: without The Bahamas) (Hungarian), Nyugat-Indiák [rare] (Hungarian), Vestur-Indíur [feminine, plural] (Icelandic), Na hIndiacha Thiar [feminine, plural] (Irish), Indie Occidentali [feminine, plural] (Italian), Antille [feminine, plural] (Italian), 西インド諸島 (Nishi Indo shotō) (Japanese), 서인도 제도 (seoindo jedo) (alt: 西印度諸島) (Korean), Karibia (Norwegian), Índias Ocidentais [feminine, plural] (Portuguese), ਵੈਸਟ ਇੰਡੀਜ਼ (vaisaṭ iṇḍīz) (Punjabi), Вест-И́ндия (Vest-Índija) [feminine] (Russian), Indias Occidentales [feminine, plural] (Spanish), Västindien [neuter] (Swedish), Batı Hint Adaları (Turkish), Tây Ấn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-West_Indies-en-name-nKen5P7~ Disambiguation of Islands: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'islands of the Caribbean sea': 83 17
  2. (cricket) A Federation of Caribbean states which, together with Guyana, play Test matches as if they were a single nation. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Cricket Categories (place): Islands
    Sense id: en-West_Indies-en-name-tn-~scYA Disambiguation of Islands: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 94 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Meronyms: Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Lucayan Archipelago Related terms: West Indian, East Indies, Windies

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        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Índias Ocidentais"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "vaisaṭ iṇḍīz",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "word": "ਵੈਸਟ ਇੰਡੀਜ਼"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Vest-Índija",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Вест-И́ндия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Indias Occidentales"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Västindien"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "word": "Batı Hint Adaları"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "word": "Tây Ấn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "West Indies"
}

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