"West Indies" meaning in English

See West Indies in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: en-au-West Indies.ogg
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 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 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), Hindia Kulon (Sundanese), Västindien [neuter] (Swedish), Batı Hint Adaları (Turkish), Tây Ấn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-West_Indies-en-name-nKen5P7~ 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: 37 63 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Punjabi translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Sundanese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 14 86 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Punjabi translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Sundanese translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 23 77 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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      "word": "Índies Occidentals"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "word": "西印度群島"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Xī Yìndù qúndǎo",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "word": "西印度群岛"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "West-Indië"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "word": "Länsi-Intia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Indes occidentales"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Caraïbes"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Indias Occidentais"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Westindien"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "word": "Karib-térség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "without The Bahamas",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "word": "Antillák"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "Nyugat-Indiák"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Vestur-Indíur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Na hIndiacha Thiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Indie Occidentali"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Antille"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Nishi Indo shotō",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "word": "西インド諸島"
    },
    {
      "alt": "西印度諸島",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seoindo jedo",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "word": "서인도 제도"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "word": "Karibia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "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": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "islands of the Caribbean sea",
      "word": "Hindia Kulon"
    },
    {
      "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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