West Indies
West Indies proper noun: the islands of the Caribbean sea.
Proper noun
the West Indies pl (plural only)
- The islands of the Caribbean sea.
- Meronyms: Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Lucayan Archipelago
- Synonyms:
- Caribbean
- A Federation of Caribbean states which, together with Guyana, play Test matches as if they were a single nation.
- (The former) British West Indies.
West Indies meaning in Tamil, Punjabi and Vietnamese
West Indies in Tamil
- islands of the Caribbean sea
- மேற்கிந்திய தீவுகள் mēṟkintiya tīvukaḷ
West Indies in Punjabi
- islands of the Caribbean sea
- ਵੈਸਟ ਇੰਡੀਜ਼ vaisaṭ iṇḍīz
West Indies in Vietnamese
- islands of the Caribbean sea
- Tây Ấn
Synonyms of West Indies
Origin of West Indies
From west + Indies. From being lands called the Indies, of the West. From being mistaken for the East Indies (aka, the Indies).
Words formed from West Indies
Questions about West Indies
- What does West Indies mean?
- West Indies means the islands of the Caribbean sea.
- What is West Indies in Tamil?
- West Indies in Tamil is மேற்கிந்திய தீவுகள் (mēṟkintiya tīvukaḷ). See West Indies meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is West Indies?
- West Indies is a proper noun.
Words near West Indies in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: West Indies (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-au-West Indies.ogg.
Cite this entry: “West Indies.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/west_indies. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.