Definition of Barbados in English:
Barbados
proper nounbɑːˈbeɪdɒs
An island country in the Caribbean, the most easterly of the Caribbean islands; population 284,000 (estimated 2015); official language, English; capital, Bridgetown. Barbados became a British colony in the 1630s and remained British until 1966, when it gained independence as a Commonwealth state.
Definition of Barbados in US English:
Barbados
proper nounbärˈbāˌdōs
An island country in the Caribbean, the most easterly of the Caribbean islands; population 284,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Bridgetown; official language, English. Barbados was a British colony until it gained independence within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1966.