BARBADOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Barbados mean? 

• BARBADOS (noun)
  The noun BARBADOS has 2 senses:

1. a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area

2. easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela

  Familiarity information: BARBADOS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BARBADOS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Barbados"):

Bridgetown; capital of Barbados (capital of Barbados; a port city on the southwestern coast of Barbados)

Holonyms ("Barbados" is a part of...):

Caribbean (region including the Caribbean Islands)

Barbados (easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela)

Derivation:

Barbadian (of or relating to or characteristic of Barbados or its inhabitants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Barbados"):

Barbados (a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area)

Meronyms (members of "Barbados"):

Barbadian (a native or inhabitant of Barbados)

Holonyms ("Barbados" is a part of...):

Caribees; Lesser Antilles (a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies)

Holonyms ("Barbados" is a member of...):

OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)

Derivation:

Barbadian (of or relating to or characteristic of Barbados or its inhabitants)

 Context examples 

Denotes the inhabitants of Barbados, a person from there, or their descendants elsewhere.

(Barbadian, NCI Thesaurus)