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Barbados

Bar·ba·dos

(bär-bā′dōs′, -dōz′, -dəs)

A country occupying the easternmost island of the West Indies. First inhabited by Arawaks and Caribs, Barbados was held briefly by the Portuguese before being settled by the British in the early 1600s. It became a separate colony in 1885 and gained full independence in 1966. Bridgetown is the capital and the largest city.

Bar·ba′di·an adj. & n.

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Barbados

(bɑːˈbeɪdəʊs; -dəʊz; -dɒs)

(Placename) an island in the Caribbean, in the E Lesser Antilles: a British colony from 1628 to 1966, now an independent state within the Commonwealth. Language: English. Currency: Barbados dollar. Capital: Bridgetown. Pop: 288 725 (2013 est). Area: 430 sq km (166 sq miles)

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Bar•ba•dos

(bɑrˈbeɪ doʊz, -doʊs, -dəs)

n.

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). Cap.: Bridgetown.

Bar•ba′di•an, adj., n.

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Noun	1.	Barbados - a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area Caribbean - region including the Caribbean Islands Barbados - easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela Bridgetown, capital of Barbados - capital of Barbados; a port city on the southwestern coast of Barbados
	2.	Barbados - easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela OAS, Organization of American States - an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation Caribees, Lesser Antilles - a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies Barbados - a parliamentary democracy on the island of Barbados; former British colony; a popular resort area Barbadian - a native or inhabitant of Barbados

Translations

البربادوس

Барбадос

Barbados

Barbado

Barbados

Barbados

バルバドス

바베이도스

Barbados

Barbados

Барбадос

BarbadosБарбадос

Barbados

ประเทศบาร์เบโดส

Barbados

nước Barbados

巴巴多斯

Barbados

[bɑːˈbeɪdɒs] N → Barbados m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Barbados

[bɑː^rˈbeɪdəʊz bɑː^rˈbeɪdɒs bɑː^rˈbeɪdəʊs] n → la Barbade

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Barbados

n → Barbados nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Barbados

[bɑːˈbeɪdɒs] n → Barbados fsg

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

Barbados

→ البربادوس Barbados Barbados Barbados Μπαρμπάντος Barbados Barbados Barbade Barbados isole Barbados バルバドス 바베이도스 Barbados Barbados Barbados Barbados Барбадос Barbados ประเทศบาร์เบโดส Barbados nước Barbados 巴巴多斯

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In his presentation on the Medical Cannabis Bill 2019, Weir said that Barbadians would benefit from the establishment of a medical cannabis industry and that any foreign investors interested in becoming involved in the industry would have to allow Barbadians to own 30 per cent of its business.

BARBADOS-MARIJUANA-Government gives Rastafarian movement assurances as marijuana bill debated

Barbadians were among the thousands of British West Indians who migrated to Cuba in the early twentieth century in search of work, drawn there by employment opportunities fuelled largely by US investment in Cuban sugar plantations.

Tell My Mother I Gone to Cuba: Stories of Early Twentieth-Century Migration from Barbados

Octavia Gibson, deputy director, Currency at the Central Bank, said, 'With this app, Barbadians have the information they need to authenticate their money right at their fingertips.

Barbados central bank launches currency app

The book creatively draws on Marxist thought, subaltern studies, and classic works of European and Caribbean social history, illustrating that Barbadians engaged in insurgent practices ranging from "collective bargaining by riot" (p.

Henderson Carter: Labour Pains: Resistance and Protest in Barbados, 1838-1904

In that regard, claims for land as means (out of reach for most Barbadians and Jamaicans if property laws are complied with) have been central to notions of self-determination in the Caribbean and has been an issue of grievance both in Jamaica and Barbados.

Disciplining the nation: considering the privileging of order over freedom in postcolonial Jamaica and Barbados/Disciplinar a la nacion: analisis de la prioridad del orden sobre la libertad en Jamaica y Barbados postcoloniales/Discipliner la nation: considerer a privilegier l'ordre sur la liberte dans la Jamaique et la Barbade postcoloniales

The plucky Barbadians were awarded a place in Glasgow after Nigeria withdrew and were recently present at the Hong Kong Sevens qualifying tournament.

Midlands Sevens boasts a Bajan feel

Diamond Global, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Human Resource Development, hosted a job fair and the recruitment could result in scores of Barbadians being offered employment in Canada under its Temporary Foreign Workers Programme.

Jobs in Canada

The three, all Barbadians, are David Rayside, Marsha Durant and Franck Hurley.

Robert Edison Sandiford's And Sometimes They Fly

"Karib's leading edge fiber optic technology will provide a best-in-class infrastructure for all Barbadians. Moreover, the new network will enhance Barbados' reputation as being one of world's pre-eminent international business centers.

Karib Cable to Launch Advanced Network In Barbados

However, Government Minister Gline Clarke has lambasted the decision - insisting a rich pop star has no right to garner free land while other Barbadians live in poverty, reports the Daily Star.

Rihanna in free land controversy

Normally we don't feel sorry for the Barbadians (all that sunshine and an endless supply of Lilt), but when we saw these freaky-deaks on their beaches, we could only cry (with laughter) on the islanders' behalf.