Lesser Antilles

Less·er Antilles

L0128600 (lĕs′ər) An island group of the eastern West Indies extending in an arc from Aruba to the Virgin Islands.

Lesser Antilles

pl n (Placename) the Lesser Antilles a group of islands in the Caribbean, including the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands, Barbados, and the Netherlands Antilles. Formerly called: the Caribbees

An•til•les

(ænˈtɪl iz)

n.pl. a chain of islands in the West Indies, divided into two parts, one including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles), the other including a large arch of smaller islands to the SE and S (Lesser Antilles or Caribees). An•til′le•an, adj., n.

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Lesser Antilles - a group of islands in the southeastern West IndiesCaribeesAntilles - a group of islands in the West IndiesNetherlands Antilles - a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles just to the north of Venezuela that are administered by The NetherlandsLeeward Islands - a group of islands in the eastern West IndiesWindward Islands, Windward Isles - a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser AntillesBarbados - easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela

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see West IndiesWest Indies,
archipelago, between North and South America, curving c.2,500 mi (4,020 km) from Florida to the coast of Venezuela and separating the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico from the Atlantic Ocean.
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Lesser Antilles

a group of mostly small islands (area, approximately 14,000 sq km), framing the Caribbean Sea (West Indies) from the east and southeast; part of the Antilles Islands. The group includes the Virgin Islands, the Lesser Antilles proper (Windward Islands), the Leeward Islands, a number of islands off the north coast of South America, Barbados, Trinidad, and Tobago.

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noun a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies

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