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West Indies
     
West Indies

the West Indies

a) the islands of the Caribbean Sea, between the southeast of the US and the north of South America, including the Bahamas, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Barbados, and Dominica
b) an international cricket team made up of players from the islands of the West Indies that formerly belonged to the UK
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