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WINDWARD ISLANDS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser Antilles
Synonyms:
Windward Islands; Windward Isles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Meronyms (parts of "Windward Islands"):
Dominica (a volcanic island in the Windward Islands that was once a stronghold of the Carib Indians)
Martinique (an island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands; administered as an overseas region of France)
Grenada (an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth)
Saint Lucia; St. Lucia (a country on the island of Saint Lucia; gained independence from Great Britain in 1979)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; St. Vincent and the Grenadines (an island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979)
Holonyms ("Windward Islands" is a part of...):
Caribees; Lesser Antilles (a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies)
