Lesser Antilles

plural noun

1. the Lesser Antilles
   a group of islands in the Caribbean, including the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands, Barbados, and the Netherlands Antilles Formerly calledthe Caribbees

Example Sentences

In the Lesser Antilles the proprietary form of government prevailed for half a century.

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How far they extended further than the Lesser Antilles is doubtful.

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We are steaming on Dominica,—the loftiest of the lesser Antilles.

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The four so-called neutral islands of the Lesser Antilles were divided between the two powers; Sta.

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As it happened, the fighting was pretty nearly confined to the neighborhood of the Lesser Antilles.

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