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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Barbados
an island in the E West Indies constituting an independent state in the Commonwealth of Nations: formerly a British colony. 259,191; 166 sq. mi. (430 sq. km).

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Barbados
a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area

2. (noun) Barbados
easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Barbados
alt. of Barbadoes

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U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. Barbados
An island in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. It is chiefly of coral formation with no good harbors and only small streams. It was probably discovered by the Portuguese in the sixteenth century. The name was given by 16th-century Spanish explorers from barbados, the plural for "bearded", with reference to the beard-like leaves or trails of moss on the trees that grew there in abundance. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p116 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p49)

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