WEST INDIES


Meaning of WEST INDIES in English

adjective

Usage: usually capitalized W&I

Etymology: from West Indies, group of islands between North and South America enclosing the Caribbean sea; from the belief of Columbus that it was a new route to India

: of or from the West Indies group of islands : of the kind or style prevalent in the West Indies : west indian

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.