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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WINDIES

From the abbreviation W. Indies.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WINDIES

Windies  [ˈwɪndɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WINDIES

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adjective
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Windies is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WINDIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Windies

West Indies cricket team

The West Indian cricket team, also known as the West Indies or, colloquially, the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies. From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, the West Indies team was one of the strongest in the world in both Test and One Day International cricket. A number of cricketers considered among the best in the world have hailed from the West Indies: Sir Garfield Sobers, Lance Gibbs, Gordon Greenidge, George Headley, Brian Lara, Clive Lloyd, Malcolm Marshall, Andy Roberts, Alvin Kallicharran, Rohan Kanhai, Sir Frank Worrell, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Curtly Ambrose, Michael Holding, Courtney Walsh, Joel Garner and Sir Viv Richards have all been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. The West Indies have won the ICC Cricket World Cup twice, in 1975 and 1979, the ICC World Twenty20 once, in 2012, the ICC Champions Trophy once, in 2004, and were runners up in the Under 19 Cricket World Cup in 2004.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WINDIES


bandies
ˈbændɪz
brandies
ˈbrændɪz
dandies
ˈdændɪz
grundies
ˈɡrʌndɪz
Indies
ˈɪndɪz
maundies
ˈmɔːndɪz
pandies
ˈpændɪz
randies
ˈrændɪz
shindies
ˈʃɪndɪz
trendies
ˈtrendɪz
undies
ˈʌndɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WINDIES

Windermere
windfall
windfall profit
windfall tax
windfallen
windflaw
windflower
windgall
windgalled
windgun
Windhoek

WORDS THAT END LIKE WINDIES

British West Indies
burgundies
candies
Danish West Indies
Dutch East Indies
Dutch West Indies
East Indies
French West 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
the Windies
West Indies

Synonyms and antonyms of Windies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Windies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WINDIES

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

Translator English - Chinese

Windies
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Windies
570 millions of speakers

English

Windies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वेस्ट इंडीज
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

WINDIES
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Windies
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Windies
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওয়েস্ট ইন্ডিজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Windies
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Windies
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Windies
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Windies
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Windies
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Windi
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Windies
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேற்கிந்திய தீவுகள் அணி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विंडीज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Windies
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Windies
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Windies
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Windies
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Windies
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Windies
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Windies
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Windies
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

WINDIES
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Windies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WINDIES»

The term «Windies» is regularly used and occupies the 89.560 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WINDIES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Windies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WINDIES»

Discover the use of Windies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Windies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Windies' City: Chicago's Historical Hidden Treasures
These 25 destinations are Chicago gems for Chicago explorers as well as tourists. The Windies guides will help you explore Chicago and get a sense of the history in these sites.
Greg Borzo, Suzanne Haynes, Bernard Turner, 2006
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Islands Magazine
CARIBBEAN BEAT dian style cricket: aggressive batsmanship, fast bowling, and brilliant, gymnastic fielding. In contrast, the English look sluggish. In four hours the Windies amass a staggering 313 runs, to which England can only reply with a  ...
3
Sunny Days
Eknath Solkar heard it, but, when he went out, Dilip met him halfway and had a word with him. With Dilip's constant encouragement, Eknath, who was playing his first Test abroad, put his head down and the pair slowly wore out the Windies' ...
Sunil Gavaskar
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Cricket: 99.94 Tips to Improve Your Game: 99.94 Tips to ...
We knew we could beat the Windies. The big day arrived under the cover of threatening skies. As I pressed the wicket for a photo with Clive Lloyd, I couldn't help but notice the size of his hands. He could fit my two hands in one of his!
Ken Davis, Neil Buszard, 2011
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Sunil Gavaskar Omnibus
The 1971 team to the West Indies led by Ajit was a very popular one and the Windies Board agreed to play two one-day fixtures for Aj it Wadekar's benefit. The mantle of captaincy for the West Zone team for the Duleep Trophy matches fell on  ...
Rupa, Sunil Gavaskar
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Skipper
Unless that happened, taking twenty wickets and beating asecondstring Windies at home would proveto be a mighty difficult task. Luckily, a new erain Indian cricket hadbegun andit was only slowly dawning on fans across thecountry.
Chetan Narula
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Skirting the Boundary: A History of Women's Cricket
The Windies won by 48 runs, putting their stampon international cricket. A chirpyWest Indies came faceto face with fivetimes world champions Australia in their last SuperSix match in Mumbai. The Windies produced another firstwhen theybeat ...
Isabelle Duncan, 2013
8
Eleven: The Greatest Eleven of the 20th Century
At lunch the Windies were 6/120! It was exciting, wham-bam cricket, but hardly the stuff to beat the Australians on their home turf. It might come off once, as indeed it did in Perth, the Windies getting 585, Roy Fredericks scoring a blazing 1 69.
Ashley Mallett, 2001
9
My Old Man’s A Busman
I, of course, like Dad, was patriotically watching the opening match as an England supporter, but as the first test developed, I remember being blown away by the thrilling and flamboyant way in which the Windies played their cricket. It was like ...
Peter Gilbert, 2014
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My Life
Tugga won the toss and went against the norm by sending the Windies in. I struck it lucky in my first over when I trapped Daren Ganga LBW. Then in my fifth over I got rid of Ramnaresh Sarwan, caught by Michael Slater in the covers. But all the ...
Brett Lee

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WINDIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Windies is used in the context of the following news items.
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Windies legends to play T20 matches in New York
Legendary batsman Garfield Sobers is among a group of former West Indies cricketers who will participate in two Twenty20 cricket matches here. Last Updated: ... «Zee News, Aug 15»
2
Biggest problem facing Windies' Test side
The frustration for Windies fans, ex-players and media is evident after a disappointing performance in Dominica saw Australia reclaim the Sir Frank Worrell ... «Fox Sports, Jun 15»
3
Don't want Windies to peak too early: Richardson
Sydney: West Indies team manager Richie Richardson has said he is not worried about his side's dismal form in their defeat to England in a warm-up fixture ... «Firstpost, Feb 15»
4
Windies whitewash not critical to World Cup dreams: Duminy
Port Elizabeth, South Africa: South African batsman Jean-Paul Duminy does not believe a whitewash of the West Indies in the ongoing One-Day International ... «indiatvnews.com, Jan 15»
5
Windies board to speak soon on task force report
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will for the first time speak on the report submitted by the task force that was commissioned to investigate the controversial ... «Zee News, Jan 15»
6
Windies lose Kemar Roach, call up Kenroy Peters for S Africa Tests
West Indies have lost their most accomplished fast bowler after Kemar Roach was ruled out of the final two matches of the test series in South Africa and ... «Zee News, Dec 14»
7
Nerveless Healy rescues Southern Stars against Windies
Just two days after barely breaking out of a sweat against the West Indies the Southern Stars were forced to make up for it with a gripping last-over win that ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 14»
8
Jonassen helps Aussies smash Windies
A dynamic all-round display by Jess Jonassen inspired Australia to an 86-run trouncing of the West Indies in Wednesday's Twenty20 women's international. «Fox Sports, Nov 14»
9
Windies players involved in pay dispute off to SA league
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CMC) – Four of the West Indies players who controversially quit the recent one-day tour of India have signed contracts to play ... «Jamaica Observer, Oct 14»
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Main Focus Must be West Indies Cricket: Richie Richardson
The former Windies captain and outstanding batsman said he supported players making the most of financial opportunities but said commitment to country ... «NDTV, Jun 14»

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