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WINDWARD ISLES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser Antillesplay

Synonyms:

Windward Islands; Windward Isles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Windward Isles"):

Dominica (a volcanic island in the Windward Islands that was once a stronghold of the Carib Indians)

Martinique (an island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands; administered as an overseas region of France)

Grenada (an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth)

Saint Lucia; St. Lucia (a country on the island of Saint Lucia; gained independence from Great Britain in 1979)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; St. Vincent and the Grenadines (an island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979)

Holonyms ("Windward Isles" is a part of...):

Caribees; Lesser Antilles (a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies)

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