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An⋅til⋅les

  [an-til-eez]
–noun (used with a plural verb)
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).
Related forms:
An⋅til⋅le⋅an  [an-til-ee-uhn, an-tl-ee-] , adjective
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Less·er Antilles   (lěs'ər)   
An island group of the eastern West Indies extending in an arc from Curaçao to the Virgin Islands.
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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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