Barbadoes (Barba`does) , one of the Windward Islands, rather larger than the Isle of Wight; almost encircled by coral reefs; is the most densely peopled of the Windward Islands; subject to hurricanes; healthy and well cultivated; it yields sugar, arrowroot, ginger, and aloes.
Population (circa 1900) given as 182,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Barbacan * Barbara, St.