British West Indies

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The term British West Indies was historically applied to the islands in the West Indies claimed by Great Britain as colonial possessions. This includes what is now Jamaica, Bahamas, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Merriam-Webster’s Geographical Dictionary 3rd ed., (Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1997), 176.