Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The islands of the West Indies except for the Bahamas, separating the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean and divided into the Greater Antilles to the north and the Lesser Antilles to the east.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun The islands of the
West Indies , bounded (and including) to the north by the islands ofCuba ,Hispaniola andPuerto Rico , in theCaribbean Sea .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a group of islands in the West Indies
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Antilles.
Examples
-
One of the companies called XCOR has just signed a deal with Curacao, because the island of Curacao in the Antilles is creating its own spaceport.
-
Mind you it also looks like the Dutch Antilles is going to be abolished next year.
A race not worth running Jeff 2007
-
He confuses Bail Organa with Captain Antilles ... nufacion said ...
-
It was thus that the name Antilles came to be applied to the islands discovered by Columbus; just as the name Brazil was transferred from an imaginary island to the new continent, and the name Seven Cities was applied to the pueblos of New Mexico by those who discovered them.
Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic Thomas Wentworth Higginson 1867
-
The name Antilles was derived from Columbus's belief that he had reached the fabled land of Antillia.
-
Gunners on Merchant Ships -- Sinking of the "Antilles" -- Experiences of
Our Navy in the War Lawrence Perry 1914
-
Gunners on Merchant Ships -- Sinking of the "Antilles" -- Experiences of
Our Navy in the War Lawrence Perry 1914
-
Girl Sailor Laura Dekker Found in Dutch Antilles [Born in Yacht in NZ Waters-Is NZ Citizen Too]
Latest Articles 2009
-
Leaving this domain of legend, we come to the last years of the fifteenth century, when Columbus landed on the islands now often known as the Antilles -- a memorial of that mysterious Antillia, or Isle of the
Canada J. G. Bourinot
-
Columbus, in his first three voyages, brought to view most of those islands now known as the Antilles, and on his fourth and last he skirted the eastern coast of Central America; but he left gaps here and there which it took many years to fill.
Amerigo Vespucci Frederick Albion Ober 1881
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.