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Meaning of "British West Indies" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BRITISH WEST INDIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BRITISH WEST INDIES

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British West Indies is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BRITISH WEST INDIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

British West Indies

British West Indies

The British West Indies were the islands and mainland colonies in and around the Caribbean that were part of the British Empire. In 1912, the British West Indies were divided into eight colonies: The Bahamas, Barbados, British Guiana, British Honduras, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, the Windward Islands, and the Leeward Islands. Between 1958 and 1962, all of the island territories except the British Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, British Honduras and British Guiana were organised into the West Indies Federation. It was hoped that the Federation would become independent as a single nation, but it had limited powers, many practical problems, and a lack of popular support. Consequently, the West Indies Federation was dissolved. Most of the territories, including all the larger ones, are now independent as separate countries, with membership to many international forums such as the Organization of American States, the Association of Caribbean States, the World Trade Organization, the United Nations, the Caribbean Community, the Commonwealth of Nations and the Caribbean Development Bank among others. The remainder are British overseas territories.

Definition of British West Indies in the English dictionary

The definition of British West Indies in the dictionary is a former name for the states in the Caribbean that are members of the Commonwealth: the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; along with the islands which remain as United Kingdom dependencies: Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the British Virgin Islands.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BRITISH WEST INDIES

British Red Cross Society
British shorthair
British Sign Language
British Somaliland
British Standard brass thread
British Standard fine thread
British Standard pipe thread
British Standard Time
British Standard Whitworth thread
British Standards Institution
British Summer Time
British Technology Group
British Telecom
British thermal unit
British Union of Fascists
British Virgin Islands
British Visitor´s Passport
British warm
British West Africa
British White

WORDS THAT END LIKE BRITISH WEST INDIES

burgundies
candies
dandies
East Indies
French West Indies
Indies
ladies
Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands West Indies
organdies
the Dutch East Indies
the Dutch West Indies
the East Indies
the French West Indies
the Indies
the Netherlands East Indies
the Netherlands West Indies
trendies
undies
West Indies
Windies

Synonyms and antonyms of British West Indies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «British West Indies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BRITISH WEST INDIES

Find out the translation of British West Indies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of British West Indies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «British West Indies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

英属西印度群岛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

British West Indies
570 millions of speakers

English

British West Indies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ब्रिटिश वेस्ट इंडीज
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

جزر الهند الغربية البريطانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Британская Вест-Индия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

British West Indies
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্রিটিশ ওয়েস্ট ইন্ডিজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

British West Indies
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hindia Barat Inggeris
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

British West Indies
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

英領西インド諸島
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

영국 서인도 제도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inggris Barat Hindia
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Anh Tây Ấn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரிட்டிஷ் வெஸ்ட் இண்டீஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ब्रिटिश वेस्ट इंडीज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İngiliz Batı Hint Adaları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

British West Indies
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

British West Indies
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Британська Вест - Індія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

British West Indies
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

British West Indies
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Britse Wes-Indiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

British West Indies
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

British West Indies
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of British West Indies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BRITISH WEST INDIES»

The term «British West Indies» is regularly used and occupies the 80.834 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BRITISH WEST INDIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «British West Indies» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «British West Indies» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about British West Indies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRITISH WEST INDIES»

Discover the use of British West Indies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to British West Indies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Rebel Woman in the British West Indies During Slavery
Mair's book details both the negative and positive methods of protest used by the enslaved people of the West Indies. An excellent reference for students researching topics relating to slavery, freedom and gender.
Lucille Mathurin Mair, 1995
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British West Indies Style: Antigua, Jamaica, Barbados, and ...
The 250 photographs taken especially for this book capture the indigenous materials, detailing the hardwood furniture, linens, glassware, antiques, terraced gardens, walled courtyards, and tropical fruit orchards.
Michael Connors, 2010
3
The Growth of the Modern West Indies
Franklin Knight s Introduction to this new edition underscores the continuing relevance and value of this text for students of Caribbean history and for anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of present-day Caribbean societies. "
Gordon K. Lewis, 2004
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More Monumental Inscriptions: Tombstones of the British West ...
The companion volume does the same for tombstone inscriptions in the British West Indies outside Barbados.
Vere Langford Oliver, 2007
5
British Forces in the West Indies 1793-1815
This fascinating volume by Réne Chartrand examines these forces, including a wealth of illustrations and photographs and eight full page colour plates by Paul Chappell.
Rene Chartrand, 1996
6
Only West Indians: Creole Nationalism in the British West Indies
Inverting the racist hierarchy of 19th century British imperial thought, 20th century political activists in the British West Indies used the concepts of liberal ideology to claim that the subject people of the West Indies constituted a ...
F. S. J. Ledgister, 2010
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Caribbean Slave Revolts and the British Abolitionist Movement
This compelling work provides a valuable analytical tool in the interpretation of abolition in North America, uncovering the important connections between rebellious slaves on one side of the Atlantic and abolitionists on the other side.
Gelien Matthews, 2006
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Culture and Decolonization in the British West Indies: ...
The purpose of this study was threefold: first, to investigate the use of the label West Indian to describe the former colonial subjects of the British in the Caribbean after World War II; second, to determine whether West Indian novelists, ...
Sharon Catherine Sewell, 2007
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Caribbeana: An Anthology of English Literature of the West ...
Caribbeana offers invaluable period commentaries on slavery, colonialism, gender relations, African and European history, natural history, agriculture, and medicine.
Thomas W. Krise, 2009
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Marine fisheries of the British West Indies
Contents: Historical notes; The first surveys; The problem of productivity in tropical fisheries; Colonial development and welfare; The need for fisheries research; The coming of federation; Barbados; and Other islands, other fisheries.
William Henry Brown, 1967

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRITISH WEST INDIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term British West Indies is used in the context of the following news items.
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Javier Muñoz Will Serve As Lin-Manuel Miranda's Alexander …
... as well as his experiences as an orphan of the British West Indies who immigrated to the 13 Colonies and helped shape the United States of ... «TheaterMania.com, Jul 15»
2
History of Cartagena, Colombia: Spanish America's Biggest Slave Port
... North American colonies, Portuguese Brazil the British West Indies or the sovereign Black man's pearl of Haiti. There is another place though. «Atlanta Black Star, Jul 15»
3
PolitiFact: Were the Founding Fathers 'ordinary people'?
Hamilton was born in the British West Indies, the son of a “poor itinerant Scottish merchant of aristocratic descent and an English-French ... «Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jul 15»
4
First Anguilla Sculpture Symposium--Artists Announced
... these sculptors will travel to the beautiful island paradise of Anguilla, in the British West Indies, to create three works LIVE before the public ... «Anguilla LNT, Jul 15»
5
Turks & Caicos Collection Offers Ultimate Getaway Deal
Located in the British West Indies 30 miles south of the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands are just a one and a half hour flight from Miami ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
6
A Weekend of Comedy, Cellos, Lovelies and Chopin
... England, Cyprus, Mexico, Brazil and the British West Indies. Before we get to comedy, Lovelies, cellists and Chopin, don't miss UBC Opera's ... «Community Press, Jun 15»
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Poet's love for wife lives on
Dorothy Miller was 23 years old when she married Ogden and followed him to a hardship station in the British West Indies for the U.S. Navy. «Daily Press, Jun 15»
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Letter: Hamilton should stay on nation's currency
Born a poor waif in the British West Indies, he rose to create and make sustainable the greatest central banking system the world has ever seen ... «Buffalo News, Jun 15»
9
Caribbean rum strategy wants more sip and not mix
It soon eclipsed Barbados in production and British West Indies rum dominated the world. To make rum, the colonists used molasses, the ... «Financial Times, Jun 15»
10
Senate consents to the Jay Treaty, June 24, 1795
... abducted during the struggle; to pay shipowners for trading vessels seized by its navy; and to permit free trade with the British West Indies. «Politico, Jun 15»

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