an island in the Caribbean, one of the Leeward Islands: a British colony, with its dependency Barbuda, until 1967, when it became a British associated state; it became independent in 1981 as part of the state of Antigua and Barbuda. Area: 279 sq km (108 sq miles)
Antigua in American English
(ænˈtigwə; æntigə; ænˈtɪgwə; ænˈtɪgə)
island of the Leeward group in the West Indies: 108 sq mi (280 sq km)