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 Translation for 'West Indies' from English to Slovak
NOUN   - | the West Indies
SYNO the Indies | West Indies
geogr.
Západná India {f}
West Indies {pl}
Partial Matches
západný {adj}west
geogr.
Západný Falkland {m}
West Falkland
západovirgínsky {adj}West Virginian
Západovirgínčan {m}West Virginian
Západoberlínčan {m}West Berliner
geogr.
Stredozápad {m} [USA]
Middle West
západoeurópsky {adj}West European
západ {m} <Z>west <W>
hist.pol.
západné Nemecko {n} [neoficiálne pomenovanie pre NSR v čase jej existencie]
West Germany
hist.
divoký západ {m}
Wild West
západne od [+gen.]west of
geogr.
Severozápadný mys {m}
North West Cape
geogr.
Juhozápadný mys {m}
South West Cape
Západovirgínčanka {f}West Virginian [female]
na západ od [+gen.]to the west of
geogr.
Západná Virgínia {f}
West Virginia <WV>
západne od n-čoho {adv}west of sth.
geogr.
Západný mys {m}
West Cape [New Zealand]
na západ od n-čoho {adv}to the west of sth.
hist.pol.
emigrovať na Západ [dok./nedok.]
to defect to the West
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Usage Examples English
  • After a brief period as part of the West Indies Federation (1958–62), the island of Anguilla became part of the associated state of Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla with full internal autonomy in 1967.
  • It was in the 1960s that the bipolar dominance of England and Australia in world cricket was seriously challenged for the first time. West Indies defeated England twice in the mid-1960s and South Africa, in two series before they were banned for apartheid, completely outplayed Australia 3–1 and 4–0.
  • who represented the West Indies cricket team between 1974 and 1991, Antigua had one of the worlds' most famous batsmen ever.
  • These provinces may take the form of national churches (such as in Canada, Uganda, or Japan) or a collection of nations (such as the West Indies, Central Africa, or Southeast Asia).
  • (born 2 May 1969) is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, Later in the same year, he captained the West Indies team in Australia for the Bicentennial Youth World Cup where the West Indies reached the semi-finals.

  • This is commonly believed to distinguish it from the neighbouring American territory which changed its name from the "Danish West Indies" to "Virgin Islands of the United States" in 1917.
  • After the American Revolutionary War, Bermuda was established as the Western Atlantic headquarters of the "North America Station" (later called the North America and West Indies Station, and later still the "America and West Indies Station" as it absorbed other stations) of the Royal Navy.
  • Barbados joined the short-lived West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962, later gaining full independence on 30 November 1966.
  • In return for a guarantee of independence, Congress joined France in its global war with Britain and agreed to defend the French West Indies.
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