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FRENCH WEST INDIES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
region (a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth)
Meronyms (members of "French West Indies"):
Guadeloupe (an island territory of France located in the eastern West Indies; tourism is the major industry)
Martinique (an island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands; administered as an overseas region of France)
Holonyms ("French West Indies" is a part of...):
the Indies; West Indies (the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area)
