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CARIBEES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Caribees mean? 

CARIBEES (noun)
  The noun CARIBEES has 1 sense:

1. a group of islands in the southeastern West Indiesplay

  Familiarity information: CARIBEES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CARIBEES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of islands in the southeastern West Indies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Caribees; Lesser Antilles

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Caribees"):

Netherlands Antilles (a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles just to the north of Venezuela that are administered by The Netherlands)

Leeward Islands (a group of islands in the eastern West Indies)

Windward Islands; Windward Isles (a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser Antilles)

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

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

Antilles (a group of islands in the West Indies)


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