| See under Antilles. |
[an-til-eez] 
) | a chain of islands in the West Indies, divided into two parts, the 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-ee-uhn, an-tl-ee-] , adjective | Greater Antilles An island group of the northern West Indies including Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico. |
Greater Antilles
the four largest islands of the Antilles (q.v.)-Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico-lying north of the Lesser Antilles chain. They constitute nearly 90 percent of the total land area of the entire West Indies.
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