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Leeward Islands

[ lee-werd ]

plural noun

  1. a group of islands in the N Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, extending from Puerto Rico SE to Martinique.


Leeward Islands

/ ˈliːwəd /

plural noun

  1. a group of islands in the Caribbean, in the N Lesser Antilles between Puerto Rico and Martinique
  2. a former British colony in the E Caribbean (1871–1956), consisting of Antigua, Barbuda, Redonda, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat, and the British Virgin Islands
  3. a group of islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia in the W Society Archipelago: Huahiné, Raiatéa, Tahaa, Bora-Bora, and Maupiti. Pop: 30 221 (2002) French nameÎles sous le Vent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Are we not officially notified that the French leeward islands are declared by proclamation in a state of blockade?

To this the inhabitants of the most leeward islands sometimes go.

The Leeward Islands have not escaped, it having raged there more violently and more fatal.

He subdued all the leeward islands of the group, reached Manu'a, and there he dwelt.

In 1875 he was appointed governor of Newfoundland and held the post till 1881, when he was transferred to the Leeward Islands.

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