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    WINDWARD ISLES

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser Antillesplay

    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 Isles"):

    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 Isles" is a part of...):

    Caribees; Lesser Antilles (a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies)

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