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

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.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

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

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