Lesser Antilles
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
There currently are two subduction zones in the Atlantic: the Lesser Antilles and Scotia.
From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024
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
"Bret is forecast to approach the Lesser Antilles through Thursday and then move across those islands late Thursday and Thursday night as a strong tropical storm," according to the NHC.
From Reuters • Jun. 22, 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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
