Lesser Antilles

British  

plural noun

1. Formerly called: the Caribbees.  a group of islands in the Caribbean, including the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands, Barbados, and the Netherlands Antilles

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Example Sentences

Bones from archaeological sites in the Turks and Caicos and from Montserrat -- an island far to the south in the Lesser Antilles -- were also determined to be from Hispaniolan parrots.

From Science Daily • Sep. 25, 2023

Early Sunday morning, Nigel was in the open Atlantic, about 980 miles northeast of the Lesser Antilles and 1,180 miles east-southeast of Bermuda.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2023

Life-threatening surf was expected to hit the Lesser Antilles on Friday and reach the British and U.S.

From Washington Times • Sep. 7, 2023

"Bret is forecast to approach the Lesser Antilles through Thursday and then move across those islands late Thursday and Thursday night as a strong tropical storm," according to the NHC.

From Reuters • Jun. 22, 2023

An island of the archipelago in the South Atlantic between North and South America, enclosing the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: divided into the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahama Islands.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison