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LESSER ANTILLES

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A group of islands in the southeastern West Indies

Synonyms:

Caribees; Lesser Antilles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Lesser Antilles"):

Netherlands Antilles (a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles just to the north of Venezuela that are administered by The Netherlands)

Leeward Islands (a group of islands in the eastern West Indies)

Windward Islands; Windward Isles (a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser Antilles)

Barbados (easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela)

Holonyms ("Lesser Antilles" is a part of...):

Antilles (a group of islands in the West Indies)

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