Antilles

English

The Antilles

Etymology

From Antilia or Antillia, a legendary island lying west of Spain and Portugal, from Antulia. For more information, see Antilles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ænˈtɪl.iːz/, X-SAMPA: /{n"tIl.i:z/

Proper noun

Antilles

1. The islands of the West Indies, bounded (and including) to the north by the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean Sea.

Translations

Antilles

• Antillean Creole: Lézantiy
• Esperanto: Antiloj (eo) pl
• Finnish: Antillit (fi) pl
• French: Antilles (fr) f pl

• Portuguese: Antilhas (pt) f pl
• Serbo-Croatian: Antili (sh) pl
• Spanish: Antillas (es) f pl
• Swedish: Antillerna (sv) pl

Derived terms

• French Antilles
• Greater Antilles
• Leeward Antilles
• Lesser Antilles
• Netherlands Antilles
• Windward Antilles

See also

• Antilles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia