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West In·dies AHD[ĭnʹdēz] abbr.缩写 W.I.D.J.[ˈɪndiːz]K.K.[ˈɪndiz]NONE（无词性）- An archipelago between southeast North America and northern South America, separating the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean and including the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahama Islands. Several of the islands were originally sighted and explored by Columbus during his voyages of 1492-1504. The first permanent European settlement was made by the Spanish on Hispaniola in 1496. During the colonial period the English, French, and Dutch also laid claim to various islands, and the United States acquired Puerto Rico and part of the Virgin Islands in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.西印度群岛：位于北美洲东南部与南美洲北部的群岛，它把加勒比海与大西洋隔开，包括大安的列斯群岛、小安的列斯群岛与巴哈马群岛。该群岛中的数小岛，最初为哥伦布在1492-1504年的航行中看到并探索。第一个永久性的欧洲居民居住点，是由西班牙人于1496年在伊斯帕尼奥拉岛上建成。在殖民地时期，英国、法国和荷兰也对许多岛屿提出领土要求，美国在19世纪末斯与20世纪初期得到了波多黎哥和维尔京群岛的一部分
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