- West Indies
- series of isl. groups separating the North Atlantic from the Caribbean, including Cuba, Jamaica. Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Leeward and Windward Islands.
Webster's Gazetteer. 2013.
West Indies
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