Turks and Caicos Islands. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Turks and Caicos Islands

SYLLABICATION:	Turks and Cai·cos Islands
PRONUNCIATION:	tûrks; kks, kks
	Two island groups of the British West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean in the southeast part of the Bahama Islands. The islands were a dependency of Jamaica after 1848 and became a crown colony in 1962.


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