West Indies
Meanings
name
- The islands of the Caribbean sea.
- A Federation of Caribbean states which, together with Guyana, play Test matches as if they were a single nation.
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Etymology
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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