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Windward Islands

noun

A group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser Antilles. Synonym: Windward Isles.

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... indeed to reconcile with the orthodox belief that they are not flying at all, but only jumping. I don't know whether the flying gurnards are good eating or not; but the silvery flying fish are caught for market (sad desecration of the poetry of nature!) in the Windward Islands, and when nicely fried in egg and bread-crumb are really quite as good for practical purposes as smelts or whiting or any ...

— Falling in Love - With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science • Grant Allen

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Words linked to "Windward Islands" : St. Lucia, archipelago, Caribees, Lesser Antilles, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Windward Isles, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia