1. the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
British West Indies
n 1: the islands in the West Indies that were formerly under
British control, including the Bahamas, Saint Lucia,
Antigua, Grenada, Jamaica, Barbados, and Trinidad