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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An island group of the eastern West Indies extending in an arc from Aruba to the Virgin Islands.
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- proper noun The smaller islands of the
West Indies , to the south and east ofPuerto Rico , in theCaribbean Sea .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies
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Examples
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Montserrat is British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea.
Montserrat 2009
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The Lesser Antilles are the island peaks of a 700 km-long volcanic arc of 18 volcanoes, overlying a tectonic plate subduction (under-thrusting) zone.
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The Lesser Antilles are the nearest land; and although they are some five or six hundred miles away, if the wind remains north-east there is yet a chance of reaching them in time.
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The Lesser Antilles are the nearest land; and although they are some five or six hundred miles away, if the wind remains northeast there is yet a chance of reaching them in time.
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This advantage was shared equally by most of those known as the Lesser Antilles; but the small island of Barbadoes, being well to windward of all, possessed peculiar advantages, not only for offensive action, but because it was defended by the difficulty with which a large fleet could approach it, even from so near a port as Fort Royal.
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The Lesser Antilles are the nearest land; and although they are some five or six hundred miles away, if the wind remains north-east there is yet a chance of reaching them in time.
The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger Jules Verne 1866
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The Arawaks -- who originated in Venezuela and gradually migrated up the chain of islands now called the Lesser Antilles -- succeeded the Siboney.
unknown title 2009
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The Arawaks -- who originated in Venezuela and gradually migrated up the chain of islands now called the Lesser Antilles -- succeeded the Siboney.
unknown title 2009
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One storm with a 20% chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours is moving west toward the Lesser Antilles and Caribbean Sea.
Gas Futures Decline As Temperatures Moderate Jerry A. DiColo 2011
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The three islets to the east are part of a national ornithological reserve; there are more sea birds here, including puffins and frigatebirds, than anywhere else in the Lesser Antilles.
Take Monday Off: Martinique Chris Nuttall-Smith 2011
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