Islands lying between southeastern North America and northern South America, enclosing the Caribbean Sea. They comprise the Greater Antilles (CUBA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HAITI; JAMAICA; and PUERTO RICO), the Lesser Antilles (ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA and the other Leeward Islands, BARBADOS; MARTINIQUE and the other Windward Islands, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES, BRITISH VIRGINI ISLANDS, and the islands north of Venezuela which include TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO), and the BAHAMAS. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1330)

Annotation

the indentions can be grouped as the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles & the Bahamas: see MeSH definition

deskriptory mohou být seřazeny do skupin jako Velké Antily, Malé Antily a Bahamy: viz MeSH definice; Západní Indie je historické souhrnné pojmenování pro antilské ostrovy a bahamské souostroví

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