Turks and Caicos Islands

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. 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.

Wiktionary

1. n. A British overseas territory in the Caribbean. Official name: Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI).