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GREATER ANTILLES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of islands in the western West Indies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Meronyms (parts of "Greater Antilles"):
Cuba (the largest island in the West Indies)
Haiti; Hayti; Hispaniola (an island in the West Indies)
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; Porto Rico; PR; Puerto Rico (a self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico)
Jamaica (an island in the West Indies to the south of Cuba and to the west of Haiti)
Holonyms ("Greater Antilles" is a part of...):
Antilles (a group of islands in the West Indies)