Antilles

[ an-til-eez ]

/ ænˈtɪl iz /

plural noun

a chain of islands in the West Indies, divided into two parts, the one including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles), the other including a large arch of smaller islands to the SE and S (Lesser Antilles or Caribees).

OTHER WORDS FROM Antilles

An·til·le·an

[an-til-ee-uh n, an-tl-ee-] /ænˈtɪl i ən, ˌæn tlˈi-/, adjective, noun

Example sentences from the Web for antilles

In the Antilles the plantations broke up as I had seen in Grenada.

The English in the West Indies |James Anthony Froude
Alligators' eggs are eaten in the Antilles and resemble hens' eggs in size and shape.

The Art of Entertaining |M. E. W. Sherwood
In the Antilles it has rarely appeared at a height of more than seven hundred feet.

The Making of Arguments |J. H. Gardiner
Emancipation, however, wrecked Nevis, together with a good many other of the Antilles.

The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 |Various

Though Dominica is the most mountainous of all the Antilles, it is split into many valleys of exquisite fertility.

The English in the West Indies |James Anthony Froude

British Dictionary definitions for antilles

Antilles

/ (ænˈtɪliːz) /

pl n

the Antilles a group of islands in the Caribbean See also Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles

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Antilles

plural noun

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Example sentences from the Web for antilles

British Dictionary definitions for antilles

pl n