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Definition of French West Indies
1. Noun. The islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France.
Group relationships: The Indies, West Indies
Member holonyms: Guadeloupe, Martinique
Lexicographical Neighbors of French West Indies
Literary usage of French West Indies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Development of the British West Indies, 1700-1763 by Frank Wesley Pitman (1917)
"APPENDIX XI THE BOARD OF TRADE'S INVESTIGATION OF COMMERCE BETWEEN BRITISH NORTH
AMERICA AND THE French West Indies, 1750 An investigation of illegal trade ..."
2. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"Thus ended the conquest of the French West Indies before the rainy season had
set in, which alone might have frustrated all our hopes." On the 6th of June, ..."
3. The Struggle for American Independence by Sydney George Fisher (1908)
"CLINTON RAIDS THE NORTH AND STRIKES HEAVILY IN THE French West Indies WASHINGTON,
with his headquarters at White Plains, had part of his troops protecting ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The banks in the French West Indies, it is reported, charge 3 per cent in addition
to the regular rate of exchange on all payments made through New York. ..."
5. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... Philadelphia—His Reception by the President— His Waiver of the American Guaranty
of the French West Indies—Its Effect nn the Public Mind—Relations with ..."
6. A Political and Civil History of the United States of America: From the Year by Timothy Pitkin (1828)
"... the United States—A new guaranty of the French West Indies to be a condition
of enjoying a commerce with them—Conduct of Genet—Difference between him ..."
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