Antilles

[ an-til-eez ]

/ ænˈtɪl iz /

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plural noun

a chain of islands in the West Indies, divided into two parts, the one including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles ), the other including a large arch of smaller islands to the SE and S (Lesser Antilles, or Caribees ).

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OTHER WORDS FROM Antilles

An·til·le·an

[an-til-ee-uhn, an-tl-ee-], /ænˈtɪl i ən, ˌæn tlˈi-/, adjective, noun

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How to use Antilles in a sentence

In this province are the Antillean Mountains, now mostly submerged, the principal axes of which trend east and west.
North America|Israel C. Russell
The Antillean mountains in a general way connect or intervene between the Pacific and the Andean cordilleras.
North America|Israel C. Russell
The range of True's beaked whales overlaps with that of the Antillean beaked whale but is more northerly.
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic|Stephen Leatherwood
Antillean beaked whales reach a length of at least 22 feet (6.7 m).
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic|Stephen Leatherwood

Antillean beaked whales are dark grayish black on the back and sides, slightly lighter on the abdomen.
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic|Stephen Leatherwood

British Dictionary definitions for Antilles

Antilles

/ (ænˈtɪliːz) /

pl n

the Antilles a group of islands in the CaribbeanSee also Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles

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