Greater Antilles
Britishplural noun
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Swells generated by Larry will affect the Lesser Antilles, portions of the Greater Antilles and the Bahamas through midweek.
From Fox News • Sep. 7, 2021
Forecasters said heavy rainfall from the system would fall over parts of the Lesser and Greater Antilles over the next few days.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2021
One of the Greater Antilles islands and a United States territory, Puerto Rico offers excellent coffee tours, delicious rum tours and some of the Caribbean’s best salsa dancing.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2020
As it tracks west toward the Caribbean, hurricane warnings have been issued for portions of the Leeward Islands and the Greater Antilles.
From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2017
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
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