West India
Speech parts
2. West India - Phrase
3. West India - Proper noun
Meaning
Alt. of West Indian
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Examples
We derive our authority from God and the West India Company, not from the pleasure of a few ignorant subjects.
Demands were made upon Stuyvesant from all sides: the West India Company, the States General, and the New Netherlanders.
As he wrote to the Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch West India Company in 1654 he hoped that "the deceitful race, — such hateful enemies and blasphemers of the name of Christ, — be not allowed to further infect and trouble this new colony."
By 1621, the United Provinces had charted a new company, a trading monopoly in the Americas and West Africa : the Dutch West India Company (Westindische Compagnie or WIC).
However, he shifted towards imaginary landscapes in places he had never visited, like Mt Cloubelle of West India or Mt Mowbullan in Dividing Range near Brisbane Australia.
In 1621 the Dutch West India Company was founded.