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ANTILLES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of islands in the West Indies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Meronyms (parts of "Antilles"):
Greater Antilles (a group of islands in the western West Indies)
Caribees; Lesser Antilles (a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies)
Holonyms ("Antilles" is a part of...):
the Indies; West Indies (the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area)
