West Indies

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West Indies

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

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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
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