West Indies

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cultural region geographical region region

The West Indies is a region of island nations and territories in the Caribbean Sea, stretching from the Florida coast to the northern coast of South America and known for its colonial history, diverse cultures, and tropical climate.

Aliases (1)

West Indies cricket team ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural region → geographical region → region →
borders	Florida → northern coast of South America →
cricketTeamRepresents	multiple Caribbean nations and territories →
economyBasedOn	agriculture → offshore financial services → rum production → sugar production → tourism →
hasCharacteristic	archipelago → colonial history → diverse cultures → multilingual population →
hasClimate	tropical climate →
hasPart	Bahamas → Barbados → Cuba → Greater Antilles → Hispaniola → Jamaica → Leeward Islands → Lesser Antilles → Lucayan Archipelago → Puerto Rico → Trinidad and Tobago → Turks and Caicos Islands → Windward Islands →
historicallyAssociatedWith	transatlantic slave trade →
historicallyColonizedBy	Denmark → France → Netherlands → Spain → United Kingdom →
knownFor	beaches → carnival celebrations → cricket → music →
locatedIn	Caribbean → Caribbean Sea →
majorLanguages	Dutch → English → French → Spanish → various Creole languages →
nameContrastsWith	East Indies →
nameOrigin	European exploration of the Americas →
partOf	Americas → Atlantic Ocean region →
sportsTeam	West Indies cricket team →

Referenced by (70)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Airy Castle → Antigua → Basseterre → Bequia → Cayo Botella → Cayo Lobo → Cayo Luis Peña → Cayo Tiburón → Charlotte Amalie → Culebra → Culebrita → Fort Christian → Government of Puerto Rico → Isla de San Juan → Leeward Islands → Little Cayman → Mona Island → Petit Martinique → Prime Minister of Dominica → Redonda → Saint Croix → Saint Lucia → Saint Thomas–Saint John District → Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic → Spanish Virgin Islands region → St. George's → St. George's, Grenada → St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands → St. John’s → Trinidad and Tobago → U.S. Virgin Islands → Water Island → West Indies Federation → Windward Islands →	locatedIn
Bahamas → Cayman Islands → Cockburn Town → Greater Antilles → Grenada → Lesser Antilles → Lesser Antilles and Lucayan Archipelago → Lucayan Archipelago → Montserrat → Saint Thomas Harbor → Turks and Caicos Islands →	partOf
Bath, St. Thomas, Jamaica → George Town → Monito Island → New Providence →	locatedInRegion
Antilles Current → Cayman Brac → Grand Turk Island → Mona and Monito Islands Nature Reserve →	region
Anglican Church in the Province of the West Indies → Royal Navy North America and West Indies Station →	regionServed
Battle of Nassau → Quasi-War →	theater
USS Alfred →	capturedAt
Red-tailed hawk →	foundIn
Caribbean Americans →	hasAncestralOriginRegion
Antilles →	isPartOf
Hispaniola →	isPartOfArchipelago
Lucayan Archipelago →	isSubdivisionOf
Sachin Tendulkar →	lastTestOpponent
Spring Garden →	locatedInGeographicRegion
Atlantic campaign of the American Revolutionary War →	location
King of Grenada →	monarchIn
West Indies ("West Indies cricket team") →	sportsTeam
Greater Antilles →	subregionOf
Joseph Sturge →	workedIn