Antilles
Antilles — geographical name
1. the long chain of islands that curves through the Caribbean Sea between Florida
the long chain of islands that curves through the Caribbean Sea between Florida and Venezuela, made up of the Greater Antilles (such as Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico) and the Lesser Antilles (smaller islands like Martinique and Barbados); the Bahamas are not counted as part of this group.
The cruise ship sailed slowly through the Antilles, stopping at six islands in two weeks.
always preceded by 'the': 'through the Antilles'
Yusuf wrote a school report on the volcanoes of the Antilles after his family visited Martinique.
common collocation: 'the volcanoes / islands of the Antilles'
Hurricane season can bring heavy rain to the Antilles between June and November each year.
Spanish, French, English, and Dutch are all spoken across different islands of the Antilles.
Saoirse grew up in Puerto Rico, one of the four large islands that form the Greater Antilles.
- the West Indies
broader term — includes the Bahamas, which the Antilles do not
- the Caribbean
even broader — refers to the whole sea region, including coastal countries
文法句型
the Antilles
用法筆記
Always used with the definite article ('the Antilles') and treated as a plural noun: 'the Antilles are…', not 'Antilles is…'. Distinguish from 'the West Indies', which is a wider term that also includes the Bahamas.