A severe ocean storm hit the West Indies.
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Indies
//ˈɪndiz//
Synonyms for "indies" (1 found)
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Catalan
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Dutch
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French
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Italian
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Polish
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Portuguese
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Spanish
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West-Frisian
1 entries- Ynje name (historical)
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The U.S. purchased the territory now known as the U.S. Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1916, under the Treaty of the Danish West Indies.
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In 1959, the islands became a territory within the Federation of the West Indies.
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Nevertheless, while their doings were not recognized officially by the government, the perpetrators were neither punished nor reprimanded for their excursions against Spanish commerce at home or in the West Indies; rather were they commended, and it was considered not altogether a discreditable thing for men to get rich upon the spoils taken from Spanish galleons in times of nominal peace.
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