"West Indian" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: West + Indian, after West India. Etymology templates: {{m|en|West}} West, {{m|en|Indian}} Indian, {{m|en|West India}} West India Head templates: {{en-adj|-|head=West Indian}} West Indian (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to the West Indies. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Demonyms Translations (of or from the West Indies): West-Indisch (Dutch), Antilliaans (Dutch), ouest-indien [masculine] (French), ouest-indienne [feminine] (French), Iar-Indiach (Irish), Eear-Injinagh (Manx), вест-и́ндский (vest-índskij) (Russian), västindisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-West_Indian-en-adj-lL2pwIVk Disambiguation of Demonyms: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49

Noun

Forms: West Indians [plural]
Etymology: West + Indian, after West India. Etymology templates: {{m|en|West}} West, {{m|en|Indian}} Indian, {{m|en|West India}} West India Head templates: {{en-noun|head=West Indian}} West Indian (plural West Indians)
  1. a person from the West Indies Categories (topical): Demonyms Translations (of or from the West Indies): West-Indiër [masculine] (Dutch), Antilliaan [masculine] (Dutch), Ouest-Indien [masculine] (French), Ouest-Indienne [feminine] (French), Iar-Indiach [masculine] (Irish), västindier [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-West_Indian-en-noun-4NZMwoYJ Disambiguation of Demonyms: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49

Inflected forms

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