Antilles

English

The 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.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ænˈtɪl.iːz/
• Rhymes: -ɪliːz

Proper noun

Antilles

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 the and construed as a plural. Refers to the whole of the West Indies except the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Derived terms

• Antillean
• Antilles catshark (Galeus antillensis)
• Antilles coqui (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei)
• Antilles Current
• Antilles pinktoe tarantula (Caribena versicolor)
• French Antilles
• Greater Antilles
• Leeward Antilles
• Lesser Antilles
• Netherlands Antilles
• Windward Antilles

 

Translations

islands

• Antillean Creole: Antiy f pl
• Armenian: Անտիլյան կղզիներ (hy) pl (Antilyan kġziner)
• Asturian: Antilles (ast)
• Catalan: Antilles f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安的列斯 (Āndelièsī), 安的列斯群島／安的列斯群岛 (zh) (Āndelièsī qúndǎo)

• Corsican: Antigli f pl, Antilli f pl (rare)
• Czech: Antily (cs) pl
• Dutch: Antillen (nl) pl
• Esperanto: Antiloj pl
• Finnish: Antillit (fi) pl
• French: Antilles (fr) f pl
• Georgian: ანტილის კუნძულები (anṭilis ḳunʒulebi)
• German: Antillen (de) pl
• Greek: Αντίλλες (el) f pl (Antílles)
• Haitian Creole: Antiy f pl
• Italian: Antille (it) f pl
• Japanese: アンティル (Antiru)
• Papiamentu: Antias pl
• Picard: Antilles f pl
• Portuguese: Antilhas f pl
• Russian: Анти́льские острова́ (ru) pl (Antílʹskije ostrová)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Анти́ли m pl

  Roman: Antíli (sh) m pl

• Sicilian: Antilli f pl
• Spanish: Antillas (es) f pl
• Swedish: Antillerna pl
• Turkish: Antiller pl

Further reading

• Antilles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Santelli, salt line

Catalan

Etymology

From Antillia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ənˈti.ʎəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [anˈti.ʎes]

Proper noun

Antilles f pl (plural only)

1. Antilles

Derived terms

• antillà
• Antilles Franceses
• Antilles Neerlandeses
• Grans Antilles
• Petites Antilles

 

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tij/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Antilles f pl (plural only)

1. Antilles

Derived terms

• Antilles néerlandaises
• Paris des Antilles

 

Related terms

• antillais
• Antillais
• antillanité