Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The northern group of the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, extending from the Virgin Islands southeast to Dominica. Inhabited by Caribs when Columbus visited them in 1493, the islands were hotly contested by the Spanish, French, and British in the 1600s and 1700s.
- A chain of small islets of Hawaii in the central Pacific Ocean west-northwest of the main islands. The Leewards constitute a government bird sanctuary.
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- proper noun The northern of the
Lesser Antilles , consisting of the islands or nations of theVirgin Islands ,Antigua , Saint Martin,Saint Kitts ,Nevis ,Antigua ,Barbuda ,Montserrat ,Guadeloupe ,Sint Eustatius ,Saba andDominica
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a group of islands in the eastern West Indies
Etymologies
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Examples
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Large western portions of each of the US Virgin Islands are encompassed by a forest ecoregion known as the Leeward Islands moist forests ecoregion.
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Small southern portions of Antigua have a forest ecoregion known as the Leeward Islands moist forests ecoregion.
Antigua and Barbuda 2009
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Large western portions of each of the US Virgin Islands are encompassed by a forest ecoregion known as the Leeward Islands moist forests ecoregion.
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The islands arepart of the island group referred to as the Leeward Islands which are part of the Lesser Antillies and the region known as the Caribbean or the West Indies.
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Small southern portions of Antigua have a forest ecoregion known as the Leeward Islands moist forests ecoregion.
Antigua and Barbuda 2009
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The islands arepart of the island group referred to as the Leeward Islands which are part of the Lesser Antillies and the region known as the Caribbean or the West Indies.
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The Leeward Islands are a part of the group of islands which form the West
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Nevis is part of the West Indies chain known as the Leeward Islands, located about 350 miles southeast of Puerto Rico.
CNN.com 2012
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The Leeward Islands are the northern islands of the
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E. Valentine Banks from Anguilla and the Leeward Islands is the incumbent vice president Singh's running mate.
CaribbeanCricket.com 2009
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