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barbados

/bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊs/

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What does barbados mean?

proper noun

  1. An island and country in the Caribbean.
More meanings (1)

verb

  1. (historical) To press-gang (force into naval service).

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IPA pronunciation

/bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊs/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/bɑɹˈbeɪ.dəs//bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊz/
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Thus Barbados, though within the hurricane zone, is outside the earthquake zone, and is free from poisonous snakes.
Frederic, Lord HamiltonHere, There and EverywhereProject Gutenberg ebook #6368
At Barbados, where the ordinary tides rise only from twenty-four to twenty-eight inches, the water rose twenty feet in Carlisle Bay.
Alexander von Humboldt; Aimé BonplandPersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1Translated by Thomasina RossProject Gutenberg ebook #6322