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(Encyclopedia)CE5 West Indies, archipelago, between North and South America, curving c.2,500 mi (4,020 km) from Florida to the coast of Venezuela and separating the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico from the ...British West Indies
(Encyclopedia)British West Indies: see West Indies; West Indies Federation. ...French West Indies
(Encyclopedia)French West Indies: see West Indies. ...Netherlands West Indies
(Encyclopedia)Netherlands West Indies: see Netherlands Antilles. ...Dutch West Indies
(Encyclopedia)Dutch West Indies: see Netherlands Antilles. ...Danish West Indies
(Encyclopedia)Danish West Indies: see Virgin Islands of the United States. ...West Indies Federation
(Encyclopedia)West Indies Federation, former federation of 10 British West Indian territories formed in 1958. Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and Barbados were the principal members, but the federation included most ...West Indies Associated States
(Encyclopedia)West Indies Associated States: see under West Indies Federation. ...Indies
(Encyclopedia)Indies: see East Indies; West Indies. ...West Indies, University of the
(Encyclopedia)West Indies, University of the, autonomous regional institution with main campuses in Jamaica, Trinidad, and Barbados; coeducational; est. 1948 in Mona, Jamaica, as an external university college of t...Browse by Subject
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