the indies
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1. the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area (noun.location)
| hyponym | : | british west indies, |
| definition | : | the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad (noun.location) |
| instance hypernym | : | archipelago, |
| definition | : | a group of many islands in a large body of water (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | anguilla, |
| definition | : | a British colony in the West Indies (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | cayman islands, |
| definition | : | a British colony in the Caribbean to the northwest of Jamaica; an international banking center (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | montserrat, |
| definition | : | a volcanic island in the Caribbean; in the West Indies (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | antilles, |
| definition | : | a group of islands in the West Indies (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | french west indies, |
| definition | : | the islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | virgin islands, |
| definition | : | a group of islands in northeastern West Indies (east of Puerto Rico) discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493; owned by United States and Britain (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | trinidad, |
| definition | : | an island in West Indies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | tobago, |
| definition | : | island in West Indies (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | caribbean, |
| definition | : | region including the Caribbean Islands (noun.location) |
| part meronym | : | atlantic, atlantic ocean, |
| definition | : | the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east (noun.object) |
| member holonym | : | anguillan, |
| definition | : | a native or inhabitant of the island of Anguilla in the West Indies (noun.person) |
| member holonym | : | west indian, |
| definition | : | a native or inhabitant of the West Indies (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | obeah, obi, |
| definition | : | (West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery (noun.group) |
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