Lesser Antilles

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Less·er Antilles (l

An island group of the eastern West Indies extending in an arc from Curaçao to the Virgin Islands.

Lesser Antilles

pl n

(Placename) the. a group of islands in the Caribbean, including the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands, Barbados, and the Netherlands Antilles Also called Caribbees

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Lesser Antilles - a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies

Caribees

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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