Barbados
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Bar·ba·dos | \ bär-ˈbā-(ˌ)dōs 
, -dəs, -(ˌ)dōz \
, -dəs, -(ˌ)dōz \Definition of Barbados
island of the British West Indies in the Lesser Antilles east of the Windward group; a dominion of the Commonwealth of Nations since 1966; capital Bridgetown area 166 square miles (430 square kilometers), population 293,100
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