Barbados (disambiguation)

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Barbados can refer to:

Contents 1 Places 2 People 3 Animals 4 Plants 5 Other

[edit] Places

• Barbados, an island nation located in the eastern Caribbean
• Barbados Island (Pennsylvania), an island in the Schuylkill River located to the south of Norristown in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
• Barbadoes, a former name of Theodore Roosevelt Island, Washington, D.C.
• Mártires de Barbados Stadium, a multi-use stadium in Bayamo, Cuba
• For the hotel at the Walt Disney World Resort with a themed area by the name of Barbados, see (Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort.)

[edit] People

• Joe Walcott, also known as "The Barbados Demon", an early twentieth century boxer
• Barbados Slim, a fictional character on the US-based Television show Futurama

[edit] Animals

• Barbados Blackbelly Sheep, a breed of sheep common on the island of Barbados
• Barbados Raccoon, an animal thought to be extinct

[edit] Plants

• Barbados Aloe, a nickname for a species of aloe plant formally known as Aloe vera
• Barbados Cherry, the nickname of a plant known as Acerola
• Barbados gooseberry, the nickname for a plant species known as Pereskia aculeata
• The Barbados Silver Palm (Coccothrinax barbadensis)
• Muscovado, a style of sugar also known as "Barbados"

[edit] Other

• Barbados Slave Code, a system in Barbados and later South Carolina devised to establish African slavery
• The Barbados Plan of Action (BPOA), the widely used name of a United Nations document created in Barbados in 1994 during the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States
• HMS Barbados, a United States ship lent to the British Royal Navy
• Barbados (band), a Swedish band who participated in Melodifestivalen several times
• Barbados (song), a UK #1 single for Typically Tropical
• Barbados (jazz), a jazz blues composed by Charlie Parker