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Barbados |
an island country in the Antilles. |
Carib |
a member of a group of Indian peoples of the northeast South American coast and the Antilles. [1/2 definitions] |
guilder |
the English name for the chief monetary unit of Netherlands Antilles and, formerly, the chief monetary unit of the Netherlands, equaling one hundred cents. [1/2 definitions] |
gulden |
the chief currency of Netherlands Antilles and, formerly, the chief currency of the Netherlands; guilder. |
Taíno |
a member of an American Indian tribe that inhabited the Bahamas and parts of the Antilles before the arrival of Columbus and that eventually became extinct after Spanish colonization of the islands. [1/2 definitions] |
West Indies |
a large group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America, including the Antilles and the Bahamas. |
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