Definitions for Barbados
bɑrˈbeɪ doʊz, -doʊs, -dəsbar·ba·dos

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1. Barbadosnoun

   a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area

2. Barbadosnoun

   easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela

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1. Barbadosnoun

   A country in the Caribbean.

2. Etymology: From barbado (from barba, from bʰardʰ-eh₂-), due to the dense hanging moss or vines in the island.

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1. Barbados

   Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of 432 km2 (167 sq mi) and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown. Inhabited by Kalinago people since the 13th century, and prior to that by other Amerindians, Spanish navigators took possession of Barbados in the late 15th century, claiming it for the Crown of Castile. It first appeared on a Spanish map in 1511. The Portuguese Empire claimed the island between 1532 and 1536, but abandoned it in 1620 with their only remnants being an introduction of wild boars for a good supply of meat whenever the island was visited. An English ship, the Olive Blossom, arrived in Barbados on 14 May 1625; its men took possession of the island in the name of King James I. In 1627, the first permanent settlers arrived from England, and Barbados became an English and later British colony. During this period, the colony operated on a plantation economy, relying on the labour of African slaves who worked on the island's plantations. Slavery continued until it was phased out through most of the British Empire with by the Slavery Abolition Act 1833. Barbados remained a British Crown colony through to the 1960s. On 30 November 1966, Barbados gained independence and became a Commonwealth realm with Elizabeth II as Queen of Barbados. On 30 November 2021, Barbados transitioned to a republic within the Commonwealth.Barbados's population is predominantly of African ancestry. While it is technically an Atlantic island, Barbados is closely associated with the Caribbean and is ranked as one of its leading tourist destinations.

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1. Barbadosnoun

   alt. of Barbadoes

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1. Barbados

   Barbados is a sovereign island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is 34 kilometres in length and up to 23 kilometres in width, covering an area of 431 square kilometres. It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about 168 kilometres east of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and 400 kilometres north-east of Trinidad and Tobago. Barbados is outside of the principal Atlantic hurricane belt. Barbados was initially visited by the Spanish around the late 1400s to early 1500s and first appears on a Spanish map from 1511. The Spanish explorers may have plundered the island of whatever native peoples' resided therein to become slaves. The Portuguese visited in 1536, but they too left it unclaimed, with their only remnants being an introduction of wild hogs for a good supply of meat whenever the island was visited. The first English ship, the Olive Blossom, arrived in Barbados in 1624. They took possession of it in the name of King James I. In 1627 the first permanent settlers arrived from England and it became an English and later British colony.

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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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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Barbados in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Barbados in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Barbados in a Sentence

1. Mia Mottley:

   This victory is the people of Barbados' victory, this must be our legacy to the people of Barbados: to give you back your government and your governance.

2. David Pilgrim:

   I’m a multiracial black man. I have folks from Trinidad, Barbados, and Venezuela—you know, places that President Trump dismissed as shithole countries. When I first heard him use that term I thought he was talking about Indiana.”

3. Colin Gregor:

   You realize how crazy Australians are about sports and how it creates such an amazing atmosphere around the Games, i think( in 2006) Scotland were playing Barbados in basketball and there was 5,000 people in to watch. I don't think we'd get 5,000 people in Scotland watching Scotland play Barbados in basketball.

4. Cynthia Barrow-Giles:

   The conclusion then was very simple, barbados had reached the stage of maturity in its political evolution where what ought to have been part and parcel of the movement to independence was not for pragmatic reasons. Fifty-five years later this failure is rectified by a prime minister who is determined to complete the process of nation-building which has obviously stalled for the last four decades or so.

5. Mia Mottley:

   This must be our legacy to the people of Barbados: to give you back your government and your governance.

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