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Windward Islands en · PROPN

Etymology

Called windward because the prevailing winds in the area blow from east to west. Thus, the easternmost Windward Islands are upwind of the Leeward Islands, and are the islands of the Lesser Antilles that first meet the trade winds coming from the east.

Meanings

  1. The southern islands of the Lesser Antilles, composed of the island nations of Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago.
  2. The eastern islands of the Society Islands (French Polynesia), composed of Tahiti, Moorea and several private or small uninhabited islands.

Relateds

Leeward Antilles · Windward Antilles · Leeward Islands

Translations (9)

et Tuulepealsed saared (the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles) · cmn 向風群島 /向风群岛 (the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles) · ca illes de Sobrevent (the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles) · pt Ilhas Barlavento (the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles) · fr îles du Vent méridionales (the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles) · hu Szél felőli szigetek (the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles) · pl Wyspy Nawietrzne (the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles) · pt Ilhas de Barlavento (the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles) · nl Bovenwindse Eilanden (the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles)