Antilles

[an-til-eez]

plural noun

1. 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.

Antilles

/ ænˈtɪliːz /

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the Caribbean See also Greater Antilles Lesser Antilles

Other Word Forms

• Antillean adjective

Example Sentences

Curacao, 37 miles off the Venezuela coast, only became a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 2010, following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles.

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More than half of the participants were from the Netherlands, with 10 percent hailing from Suriname or the Dutch Antilles and the rest identifying from nations as diverse as Turkey, Morocco and other "non-Western countries."

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There currently are two subduction zones in the Atlantic: the Lesser Antilles and Scotia.

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He also advised authorities in Singapore, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Andorra, and the Netherlands Antilles on establishing or operating gambling facilities.

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Tammy was expected to remain at hurricane strength and even strengthen slightly as it moved toward the Lesser Antilles through Saturday passing by Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda.

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