Meanings
alternative archaic 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.
2026 September 3, Juan Francisco Alonso, “Who is Alejandro Betancourt, colourful oil baron behind US-Venezuela oil deal?”, in BBC News, retrieved 03 Sep 2026
present singular third person Barbadoses · participle present Barbadosing · participle past Barbadosed · past Barbadosed · alternative archaic Barbadoes
- historicalTo press-gang (force into naval service).
1 more example
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 seventeenth century as “shanghaied” would in the twentieth.
2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 7, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰers-?
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰardʰéh₂
- Proto-Italic*farðā
- Latinbarba
- Latinbarbātus
- Portuguesebarbado
- Portuguesebarbados
- EnglishBarbados
From Portuguese barbados (“bearded ones”), from barba (“beard”), due to the dense hanging moss or vines in the island.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَرْبَادُوس
- بَرْبَادُوس (barbādos, barbēdos, barbadōs)country in the Caribbean
Bengali বার্বাডোস
- বার্বাডোস (barbaḍōs)country in the Caribbean
Bulgarian Барбадос
- Барбадосcountry in the Caribbean
Catalan Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Chinese Mandarin 巴巴多斯
- 巴巴多斯 (Bābāduōsī)country in the Caribbean
Czech Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Danish Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Dutch Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Esperanto Barbado
- Barbadocountry in the Caribbean
Estonian Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Finnish Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
French Barbade
- Barbadecountry in the Caribbean
German Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Greek Μπαρμπάντος
- Μπαρμπάντος (Barmpántos)country in the Caribbean
Hebrew בַּרְבֶּדוֹס
- בַּרְבֶּדוֹס (barbedos)country in the Caribbean
Hindi बारबाडोस
- बारबाडोस (bārbāḍos)country in the Caribbean
Hungarian Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Icelandic Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Irish Barbadós
- Barbadóscountry in the Caribbean
Italian Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Japanese バルバドス
- バルバドス (Barubadosu)country in the Caribbean
Korean 바베이도스, 바베이도즈
- 바베이도스 (Babeidoseu)country in the Caribbean
- 바베이도즈 (Babeidojeu)country in the Caribbean
Latin Barbāta
- Barbātacountry in the Caribbean
Latvian Barbadosa
- Barbadosacountry in the Caribbean
Lithuanian Barbadosas
- Barbadosascountry in the Caribbean
Māori Pāpatohe
- Pāpatohecountry in the Caribbean
Norwegian Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Persian باربادوس
- باربادوس (bârbâdos)country in the Caribbean
Polish Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Portuguese Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Punjabi ਬਾਰਬਾਡੋਸ
- ਬਾਰਬਾਡੋਸ (bārbāḍos)country in the Caribbean
Romanian Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Russian Барба́дос
- Барба́дос (Barbádos)country in the Caribbean
Slovak Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Spanish Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Swahili Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Swedish Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Tamil பார்படோஸ், பார்படோசு
- பார்படோஸ் (pārpaṭōs)country in the Caribbean
- பார்படோசு (pārpaṭōcu)country in the Caribbean
Thai บาร์เบโดส
- บาร์เบโดส (baa-bee-dóos)country in the Caribbean
Turkish Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Ukrainian Барба́дос
- Барба́дос (Barbádos)country in the Caribbean
Urdu بارباڈوس
- بارباڈوس (bārbāḍos)country in the Caribbean
Vietnamese Bác-ba-đốt
- Bác-ba-đốtcountry in the Caribbean
Welsh Barbados
- Barbadoscountry in the Caribbean
Cite this entry
Barbados. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Barbados
“Barbados.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Barbados. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Barbados,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Barbados.
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