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Leeward Islands

Leeward Islands proper noun: the northern of the Lesser Antilles, consisting of the islands or nations of the Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Saint Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Barbuda, Antigua, Montserrat and Guadeloupe.

Proper noun

Leeward Islands

  1. The northern of the Lesser Antilles, consisting of the islands or nations of the Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Saint Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Barbuda, Antigua, Montserrat and Guadeloupe.
  2. The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Origin of Leeward Islands

Called leeward because the prevailing winds in the area blow from east to west. Thus, the Leeward Islands are downwind, or leeward of, the easternmost Windward Islands, the group of islands that first meet the trade winds coming from the east.

Questions about Leeward Islands

What does Leeward Islands mean?
Leeward Islands means the northern of the Lesser Antilles, consisting of the islands or nations of the Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Saint Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Barbuda, Antigua, Montserrat and Guadeloupe.
What part of speech is Leeward Islands?
Leeward Islands is a proper noun.

Words near Leeward Islands in the dictionary

  1. Leeward Antilles
  2. Leeward Caribbean Creole English
  3. Leeward Caribbean English Creole
  4. Leeward Islander
  5. Leeward Islanders
  6. Leeward Islands
  7. leewardly
  8. leewardmost
  9. leewardness
  10. leewards
  11. leeway

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