Lesser Antilles
Lesser Antilles
noun
See under Antilles.
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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)
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| —pl n | |
| the Antilles Greater Antilles See also Lesser Antilles a group of islands in the Caribbean | |
| Lesser Antilles | |
| —pl n | |
| the Lesser Antilles Formerly called: the Caribbees a group of islands in the Caribbean, including the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands, Barbados, and the Netherlands Antilles | |
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lesser antilles
long arc of small islands in the Caribbean Sea extending in a north-south direction from the Virgin Islands to Trinidad and then in an east-west direction from Margarita to Aruba off the northern coast of Venezuela.
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