Antilles

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.

Proper noun

 * 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.

Usage notes

 * Used with the definite article and construed as a plural. Refers to the whole of the West Indies except the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Translations

 * Antillean Creole: Antiy
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: Antilles
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 安的列斯,
 * Corsican: Antigli, Antilli
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Antiloj
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ანტილის კუნძულები
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: Antiy
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: アンティル
 * Papiamentu: Antias
 * Picard: Antilles
 * Portuguese: Antilhas
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Анти́ли
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian: Antilli
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: Antillerna
 * Turkish: Antiller

Etymology
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