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Preferred term

West Indies  

Entry terms

  • Antilles (West Indies)
  • Caribbean, The
  • Greater Antilles
  • Indies, West
  • Lesser Antilles

Scope note

  • archipelago, a.k.a. the Caribbean; 3 main groups: Bahamas; Greater Antilles [Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico]; Lesser Antilles [includes French and British West Indies, Netherlands Antilles, Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Tobago, Barbados, etc.]

Notation

  • 22421

In other languages

  • French

  • Caraibes, Les
  • Indes occidentales

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/45G-JD0FB9PJ-P

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