West Indies

English

Etymology

west+Indies. From being lands called the Indies, of the West. From being mistaken for the East Indies (aka, the Indies).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

West Indies

1. The islands of the Caribbean sea.
2. (cricket) A Federation of Caribbean states which, together with Guyana, play Test matches as if they were a single nation.

Related terms

• West Indian
• East Indies

Translations

islands of the Caribbean sea

• Armenian: Վեստ Ինդիա (hy) (Vest India)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西印度群島 (zh), 西印度群岛 (zh) (Xī Yìndù qúndǎo)

• Dutch: West-Indië
• Finnish: Länsi-Intia (fi)
• French: Antilles (fr) f pl, Indes occidentales (fr) f pl, Caraïbes (fr) f pl
• Galician: Indias Occidentais f pl
• German: Westindien (de) n
• Hungarian: Karib-térség, (without The Bahamas) Antillák, (rare) Nyugat-Indiák

• Icelandic: Vestur-Indíur f pl
• Irish: Na hIndiacha Thiar f pl
• Italian: Indie Occidentali f pl, Antille f pl
• Japanese: 西インド諸島 (Nishi Indo shotō)
• Norwegian: Karibia
• Portuguese: Índias Ocidentais f pl
• Russian: Вест-И́ндия (ru) f (Vest-Índija)
• Spanish: Indias Occidentales f pl
• Swedish: Västindien (sv)
• Turkish: Batı Hint Adaları (tr)
• Vietnamese: Tây Ấn

cricket federation

See also

• Windies