Indies
pronunciation
How to pronounce Indies in British English:
UK ['indiz]
How to pronounce Indies in American English:
US [ˈɪndiz]
Word Origin
- Indies
- 1550s, plural of Indie, Indy, from Middle English Ynde (early 13c.) "India," from the Old French form of Latin India (see India). Commonly applied to Asia and the East, later applied to the Caribbean basin, in a time of geographical confusion, which was distinguished from Asia proper by being called the West Indies.
Example
- 1. On the window seat stood two curious flower-pots which a sailor , named christian , had brought over from the east or west indies .
- 2. Kingstown , west indies : two white heron fight on a cricket pitch
- 3. The number of indies also plummeted .
- 4. Not a bad system , assuming the indies can figure out a good pricing scheme .
- 5. The star apple is a fruit native to the low-lying areas of central america and the west indies . The underside of the evergreen leaves shine with a golden color from a distance , and the tree carries small white to purple flowers with a sweet fragrance .