Netherlands West Indies
Britishplural noun
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The radio was on, and a voice said that fifty-six men had died on the lake tankers that were blown up and that the governor of the Netherlands’ West Indies had appealed to Washington for help.
From Literature
Lapidus followed his Florida successes with the 176-room Arawak Hotel in Jamaica and the 150-room Aruba Caribbean-Casino in the Netherlands West Indies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dutifully he had touched every rung of a tedious ladder�vice consul in Fort Erie, Ont., and the Netherlands West Indies; consul and consul general in Antwerp; consul general in Buenos Aires and Berlin; Minister to Austria; Ambassador to Cuba and Mexico.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week as Allied troops moved in to The Netherlands West Indies to guard the Aruba and Curasao oil refineries, South America became very quisling-conscious.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bulgaria, which drew Russia in a first-round soccer match, complained bitterly when a soccer "unknown," The Netherlands West Indies, drew a first-round bye.*
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