West Indies

专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

专有名词
  1. The islands of the Caribbean sea. plural,plural-only
    — Meronyms: Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Lucayan Archipelago
  2. A Federation of Caribbean states which, together with Guyana, play Test matches as if they were a single nation. plural,plural-only
  3. (The former) British West Indies. historical,plural,plural-only

词形变化

the West Indies canonical,plural

词源

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