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Lee·ward Islands (lē′wərd)

  1. N group of islands in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, extending from Puerto Rico southeast to the Windward Islands
  2. former British colony in this group (dissolved 1962), now separate countries or territories

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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