Barbados
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Barbados
- /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbeɪ.dɒs/ UK
- /bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊs/ US
- /bɑɹˈbeɪ.dəs/ US
- /bɑɹˈbeɪ.doʊz/ US
- /baɹˈba.dos/ Philippines
Where it comes from
From Portuguese barbados (“bearded ones”), from barba (“beard”), due to the dense hanging moss or vines in the island.
proper noun Barbadoes
- An island and country in the Caribbean. And at the heart of it is Alejandro Betancourt López, the Venezuelan oil baron who heads the Barbados-registered firm.
verb Barbadoses · Barbadosing · Barbadosed · Barbadoes
- To press-gang (force into naval service). The Barbadian planters […] resorted to shipping in hundreds of Scottish and Irish soldiers who’d been taken prisoner during Oliver Cromwell’s conquest. When that supply ran out, they took to kidnapping children, so many that a new term was coined: “barbadosed” meant the same thing in the late sevent
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bahamas, comoros, ecuador, barbadian, botswana, armenia, barbuda, jamaica, grenada, long island, guiana island, bequia, antigua, green island, york island, pelican island
Translations
Every language
name country in the Caribbean
| Español | Barbados |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 바베이도스 Babeidoseu |
| 日本語 | バルバドス Barubadosu |
| 中文 | 巴巴多斯 Bābāduōsī |
| हिन्दी | बारबाडोस bārbāḍos |
| Kiswahili | Barbados |
| Português | Barbados |
| Français | Barbade |
| Deutsch | Barbados |
| Italiano | Barbados |
| Ελληνικά | Μπαρμπάντος Barmpántos |
| Română | Barbados |
| Русский | Барба́дос Barbádos |
| Tiếng Việt | Bác-ba-đốt |
| العربية | بَرْبَادُوس barbādos, barbēdos, barbadōs |
| עברית | בַּרְבֶּדוֹס barbedos |
Talk about this word "Barbados." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/barbados. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Barbados. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/barbados "Barbados." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/barbados.Cite this
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title = {Barbados},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/barbados},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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