Antilles

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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.

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"The Antilles Sea is often stirred up by hurricanes."

Etymology

From Antilia or Antillia, a legendary island lying west of Spain and Portugal, from Antulia; the name is of disputed origin, with many different theories proposed; see Antillia.

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