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"etymology_text": "Called leeward because the prevailing winds in the area blow from east to west. Thus, the Leeward Islands are downwind, or leeward of, the easternmost Windward Islands, the group of islands that first meet the trade winds coming from the east.",
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"The northern of the Lesser Antilles, consisting of the islands or nations of the Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Saint Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Barbuda, Antigua, Montserrat and Guadeloupe."
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"Saint Martin",
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"Saint-Barthélemy",
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"Saba",
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"Saint Kitts",
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"Nevis",
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"Barbuda",
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"The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands."
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"word": "Windward Islands"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "Island group",
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"feminine",
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"word": "illes de Sotavent"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "Island group",
"word": "背風群島"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Bèifēng Qúndǎo",
"sense": "Island group",
"word": "背风群岛"
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"lang": "Finnish",
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"plural"
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"word": "îles Sous-le-Vent"
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"english": "except Antilles",
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"word": "îles du Vent septentrionales"
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"roman": "Ypínemes Nísoi",
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"feminine",
"plural"
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"word": "Υπήνεμες Νήσοι"
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"word": "Oileáin na Fothana"
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"The northern of the Lesser Antilles, consisting of the islands or nations of the Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Saint Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Barbuda, Antigua, Montserrat and Guadeloupe."
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"Saint Martin",
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[
"Saba",
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"Sint Eustatius",
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"Saint Kitts",
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"Nevis",
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[
"Barbuda",
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"Antigua",
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"Montserrat",
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"word": "illes de Sotavent"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "Island group",
"word": "背風群島"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Bèifēng Qúndǎo",
"sense": "Island group",
"word": "背风群岛"
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"word": "îles Sous-le-Vent"
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"word": "îles du Vent septentrionales"
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"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "Υπήνεμες Νήσοι"
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"code": "ga",
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"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "Oileáin na Fothana"
}
],
"word": "Leeward Islands"
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