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

There currently are two subduction zones in the Atlantic: the Lesser Antilles and Scotia.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

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

"The system should be approaching the Lesser Antilles by late this week," the hurricane center said in its advisory.

From Reuters • Jun. 20, 2023

Bret is forecast to move across the Lesser Antilles as a hurricane on Thursday and Friday and unleash flooding, heavy rainfall and dangerous storm surge and waves, the center said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 19, 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