Antilles

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^(key): /ænˈtɪl.iːz/

Proper noun

Antilles

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

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

Antilles

Antillean Creole: Lézantiy Armenian: Անտիլյան կղզիներ pl (Antilyan kłziner) Czech: Antily (cs) Esperanto: Antiloj pl Finnish: Antillit (fi) pl French: Antilles (fr) f pl Georgian: ანტილის კუნძულები (anṭilis ḳunʒulebi) Greek: Αντίλλες (el) f pl (Antílles)

Portuguese: Antilhas f pl Russian: Анти́льские острова́ (ru) pl (Antílʹskije ostrová) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Анти́ли m pl Roman: Antíli (sh) m pl Spanish: Antillas (es) f pl Swedish: Antillerna pl Turkish: Antiller pl

Further reading

• Antilles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Santelli, salt line