Windward Passage

American  

noun

1. a strait in the West Indies, between Cuba and Haiti. 50 miles (80 km) wide.

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Windward Passage British  

noun

1. a strait in the Caribbean, between E Cuba and NW Haiti. Width: 80 km (50 miles)

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Example Sentences

“And,” she told Truthout, “the Windward Passage and a history the enslaving nations must rewrite.”

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2019

Many hotels are closed, or open only to relief workers, like the Windward Passage Hotel on St. Thomas.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2017

Last week, in the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti, the cruise was nearing its end when the real thing did happen.

From Time Magazine Archive

The big blow hit the Williamsburg directly abeam as she turned into narrow Windward Passage between Haiti and Cuba.

From Time Magazine Archive

We were running through the Windward Passage, as it was called by the early navigators, and whence one branch of the Gulf Stream finds its way northward.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray