leeward islands

Definition of Leeward Islands in English :

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Noun

1. leeward islands

a group of islands in the eastern West Indies

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Leeward Islands

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plural noun

1.

a group of islands in the Caribbean, in the N Lesser Antilles between Puerto Rico and Martinique

2.

a former British colony in the E Caribbean (1871–1956), consisting of Antigua, Barbuda, Redonda, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat, and the British Virgin Islands

3.

a group of islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia in the W Society Archipelago: Huahiné, Raiatéa, Tahaa, Bora-Bora, and Maupiti. Pop: 30 221 (2002)

. French name: Îles sous le Vent

Leeward Islands

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1.

N group of islands in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, extending from Puerto Rico southeast to the Windward Islands

2.

former British colony in this group (dissolved 1962), now separate countries or territories

Leeward Islands

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1. The northern group of the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, extending from the Virgin Islands southeast to Dominica. Inhabited by Caribs when Columbus visited them in 1493, the islands were hotly contested by the Spanish, French, and British in the 1600s and 1700s.

2. A chain of small islets of Hawaii in the central Pacific Ocean west-northwest of the main islands. The Leewards constitute a government bird sanctuary.

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