Dutch West Indies
Britishplural noun
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But the Dutch West Indies Company told Stuyvesant that business was business and Jews should remain as long as they could contribute to the outpost’s commercial well-being.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2016
Because the British did not enforce the 1733 law, however, New England mariners routinely smuggled these items from the French and Dutch West Indies more cheaply than they could buy them on English islands.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
On the opening day, Cuba's soccer team was dumped 2-1 by the tiny Dutch West Indies.
From Time Magazine Archive
It rains very little in the Dutch West Indies unless there is a hurricane, and water from the few wells has a heavy salt content.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
"Other countries" in 1916 included Italy, 1,135,137 pounds; Venezuela, 20,564,321 pounds; Dutch West Indies, 400,132 pounds.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
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