Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

danish west indies

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: dan-ish west- indies
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A former colony of Denmark in the Caribbean, so named until it was sold to the United States in 1917, since when it has been known as the United States Virgin Islands.

Inflected Forms

the Danish West Indies (canonical)

Questions

What does danish west indies mean?: A former colony of Denmark in the Caribbean, so named until it was sold to the United States in 1917, since when it has been known as the United States Virgin Islands.

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