Dagat ng Antilyas

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Dagat ng Antillas

Etymology

Calque of Spanish mar de las Antillas (literally “sea of the Antilles; Antillean Sea”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌdaɡat naŋ ʔanˈtiljas/ [ˌd̪aː.ɣɐt̪ n̪ɐŋ ʔɐn̪ˈt̪il.jɐs]
• Rhymes: -iljas
• Syllabification: Da‧gat ng An‧til‧yas

Proper noun

Dagat ng Antilyas (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄᜆ᜔ ᜈᜅ᜔ ᜀᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔) (obsolete)

1. Caribbean Sea (a sea in the Western Hemisphere, part of the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Gulf of Mexico)

   Synonyms: Dagat Karibe, Dagat Caribbean