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Lesser Antilles

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Less·er Antilles  (lsr)
An island group of the eastern West Indies extending in an arc from Curaçao to the Virgin Islands.
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Noun1.Lesser AntillesLesser Antilles - a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies
Antilles - a group of islands in the West Indies
Netherlands Antilles - a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles just to the north of Venezuela that are administered by The Netherlands
Leeward Islands - a group of islands in the eastern West Indies
Windward Islands, Windward Isles - a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser Antilles
Barbados - easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela


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As our ship makesits way among the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean's Lesser Antilles, there is a low, dark hump out there on the water, adorned with a glittering string of lights.
Martinique and Guadeloupe are 2 Caribbean islands located in the Lesser Antilles and represent the French West Indies, and French Guiana is located southeast of the French West Indies in northern South America between Suriname and Brazil.
Maarten, it's a ten-minute flight with memorable views--the calm, turquoise sea, barren volcanic rocks jutting out of the water at rakish angles, ships cruising the Lesser Antilles.
 
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