the West Indiesnoun
uk/ˌwest ˈɪn.diz//ˌwest ˈɪn.diz/a large group of islands between the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean
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- The colonies in the West Indies and America needed workers for the plantations.
- This business between Europe, Africa, the West Indies, and the United States was called the “triangle trade”.
- When Columbus went to the West Indies for the second time, in 1493, he took a sugar cane plant with him.