west indies

Noun west indies has 1 sense

• west indies(n = noun.location) the indies - the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area;
has parts: anguilla, cayman islands, montserrat, antilles, french west indies, virgin islands, trinidad, tobago, bahama islands, bahamas, commonwealth of the bahamas
is a part of caribbean, atlantic, atlantic ocean
has particulars: british west indies
is a kind of archipelago