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The term Commonwealth Caribbean is used to refer to the independent English-speaking countries of the Caribbean region. Upon a country's full independence from the United Kingdom, Anglophone Caribbean or Commonwealth Caribbean traditionally becomes the preferred sub-regional term as a replacement to British West Indies. ==Territories included== The independent island-nations that are considered as Commonwealth Caribbean include: * * * * * * * * * * ''Anglophone Caribbean'' also refers to the independent English-speaking countries known as the "''Mainland Caribbean''". These include: * , once known as ''British Honduras''. * , once known as ''British Guiana''. Sometimes, it also includes the current Caribbean British overseas territories, although they are usually just referred to as the "British West Indies," and they include: * * * * * The Anglophone Caribbean can also include: * (UK) * (US) Bermuda is often excluded from the term "Anglophone Caribbean" due to its location in the North Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. Virgin Islands (formerly Danish West Indies) is excluded due to their lack of a British colonial heritage. In the present-day U.S. Virgin Islands, the Danish never imposed their language on their Caribbean colonies to the extent of Great Britain, France and Spain.Although English is an official language of Puerto Rico, Spanish is the primary language, and so therefore Puerto Rico is considered part of Hispanic America and Latin America and not Anglo-America since the British never colonised the island and the Spaniards colonised the island for 400 years. At one point in time, there was a short-lived federation between several Anglophone Caribbean countries, called the West Indies Federation. The Anglophone Caribbean makes up a composite cricket team. The West Indies cricket team also includes the South American country of Guyana, as another former British colony. Bermuda also participate in Anglophone Caribbean-related activities such as cricket. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Commonwealth Caribbean」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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