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the West Indies

noun [plural]

Translation

a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea
Karayip Denizi'nde bir grup ada
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(Definition of the West Indies noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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