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ANTILLES

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• ANTILLES (noun)
The noun ANTILLES has 1 sense:

1. a group of islands in the West Indies

Familiarity information: ANTILLES used as a noun is very rare.

• ANTILLES (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A group of islands in the 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 "Antilles"):

Greater Antilles (a group of islands in the western West Indies)

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

Holonyms ("Antilles" is a part of...):

the Indies; West Indies (the string of islands between North America and South America; a popular resort area)

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(Armenian proverb)
"Postponement is cancellation."
(Dutch proverb)

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Meaning of Caribees
Pronunciation of West Indies
Meaning of the Indies
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Meaning of Lesser Antilles

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