WINDWARD ISLANDS

Meaning of WINDWARD ISLANDS in English

ˈWindward ˌIslands, the BrE AmE

a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, which includes Martinique, Grenada, and St Lucia

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

WINDWARD ISLANDS — geographical name islands West Indies in the S Lesser Antilles extending S from Martinique but not including Barbados, Tobago, or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WINDWARD ISLANDS — Island group, Lesser Located at the eastern end of the Caribbean Sea , they include Dominica (sometimes classified as part …
Английский словарь Британика
WINDWARD ISLANDS — a group of islands in the SE West Indies, consisting of the S part of the Lesser Antilles: includes British, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WINDWARD ISLANDS — geographical name 1. islands West Indies in the S Lesser Antilles extending S from Martinique but not including Barbados, Tobago, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WINDWARD ISLANDS — v. Pronunciation: ' wind-w ə rd Function: geographical name 1 islands W. Indies in the S Lesser Antilles extending S …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WINDWARD ISLANDS — Portuguese Ilhas De Barlavento, island group in the Atlantic Ocean off the West African coast, comprising one of two island …
Britannica English vocabulary
WINDWARD ISLANDS — Island group, Lesser Antilles , West Indies. Located at the eastern end of the Caribbean Sea , they include Dominica …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WINDWARD ISLANDS — геол. острова Зондские
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WINDWARD ISLANDS — геол. острова Зондские
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WINDWARD ISLANDS — Наветренные острова
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WINDWARD ISLANDS — геогр. Наветренные острова
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WINDWARD ISLANDS — геол. острова Зондские
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WINDWARD ISLANDS — Наветренные о-ва
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WINDWARD ISLANDS — геогр. Наветренные острова
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WINDWARD ISLANDS — геогр. Наветренные острова
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WINDWARD ISLANDS — Наветренные о-ва
Англо-Русский географический словарь
WINDWARD ISLANDS — геол. острова Зондские
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WINDWARD ISLANDS — геол. острова Зондские
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WINDWARD — I. ˈwin(d)wə(r)d, esp nautical -ndə(r)d adjective Etymology: wind (I) + -ward 1. a. : moving toward the direction from which …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WINDWARD — (a.) Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands.
Английский словарь Webster
WINDWARD — (n.) The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward.
Английский словарь Webster
WINDWARD — ( n. ) The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WINDWARD — ( a. ) Situated toward the point from which the wind blows; as, the Windward Islands.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WINDWARD — — windwardness , n. /wind"weuhrd/ , adv. 1. toward the wind; toward the point from which the wind blows. adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WINDWARD — I. ˈwin(d)-wərd noun Date: 1549 : the side or direction from which the wind is blowing • - to windward …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WINDWARD — adv toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows. 2. windward ·adj situated toward the point from …
Webster English vocab
WINDWARD — [wind.ward] n (1549): the side or direction from which the wind is blowing -- to windward : into or in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WINDWARD — windward, W~ BrE AmE ˈwɪnd wəd § ˈwɪn- AmE \ -w ə rd ▷ windward|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WINDWARD — / ˈwɪndwəd; NAmE -wərd/ adjective , noun ■ adjective on the side of sth from which the wind is blowing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WINDWARD — wind ‧ ward /ˈwɪndwəd $ -wərd/ BrE AmE adjective , adverb towards the direction from which the wind is blowing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WINDWARD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. & adv. on the side from which the wind is blowing (opp. LEEWARD). --n. the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WINDWARD — adj., adv., & n. adj. & adv. on the side from which the wind is blowing (opp. LEEWARD). n. the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WINDWARD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. & adv. on the side from which the wind is blowing (opp. LEEWARD). --n. the …
Oxford English vocab
WINDWARD — Windward is used to describe the side of something, especially a ship, which is facing the wind. ...the windward side …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WINDWARD — Windward is used to describe the side of something, especially a ship, which is facing the wind. ...the ~ side …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WINDWARD — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN side ▪ It was restless here on the windward side of this spit of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WINDWARD — [adjective], [adverb] [not gradable] [specialized] - (on the side of a hill, etc.) facing the windOn the windward leg of …
Cambridge English vocab
WINDWARD — Synonyms and related words : alee, anticlockwise, aweather, clockwise, counterclockwise, downwind, earthward, flanking, glancing, heavenward, homeward, landward, lateral, lee, leeward, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WINDWARD — adj. Windward is used with these nouns: ↑ side
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WINDWARD — 1. прил. наветренный Syn : weather, exposed to the wind 2. нареч. с наветренной стороны 3. сущ. наветренная сторона to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Изолированные
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Острова
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Архипелаг
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WINDWARD — 1. ʹwındwəd n преим. мор. наветренная сторона to windward - против ветра to get to windward of smb. - обойти …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WINDWARD — наветренный, на ветер - windward ice edge - Windward Islands - windward side
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WINDWARD — наветренный; с наветренной стороны; наветренная сторона to get to windward of smb. - обойти, обскакать кого-л.; иметь преимущество перед кем-л.
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WINDWARD — 1. ʹwındwəd n преим. мор. наветренная сторона to windward - против ветра to get to windward of smb. - обойти …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WINDWARD — 1. прил. наветренный Syn: weather , exposed to the wind 2. нареч. с наветренной стороны; к ветру, против ветра 3. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WINDWARD — 1. прил. наветренный Syn: weather, exposed to the wind 2. нареч. с наветренной стороны; к ветру, против ветра 3. сущ. наветренная сторона •• to cast an anchor to windward …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WINDWARD — 1. _a. наветренный 2. _adv. с наветренной стороны 3. _n. наветренная сторона - get to windward
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WINDWARD — 1. a. наветренный 2. adv. с наветренной стороны 3. n. наветренная сторона - get to windward
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
ISLANDS — Chile
Russian-English Edic
WINDWARD — 1. прил. наветренный Syn : weather, exposed to the wind 2. нареч. с наветренной стороны 3. сущ. наветренная сторона to …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Изолированные
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VIRGIN ISLANDS — group of about 90 small islands, islets, cays, and rocks in the West Indies, situated some 40 to 50 miles …
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TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS — British dependency in the West Indies, comprising two small groups of islands at the southeastern end of The Bahamas and …
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PACIFIC ISLANDS, HISTORY OF — history of the islands from prehistoric times to the end of colonial rule in the period after World War II. …
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PACIFIC ISLANDS — island geographic region of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises three ethnogeographic regionsMelanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesiabut conventionally excludes the neighbouring island …
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P'ENG-HU ISLANDS — P'eng-hu also spelled Penghu, Chinese (Wade-Giles) P'eng-hu Ch'n-tao, or P'eng-hu Lieh-taoconventional Pescadores archipelago and hsien (county) of Taiwan, consisting of …
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NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS — also called Northern Marianas, officially Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a self-governing commonwealth in political union with the United …
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GALAPAGOS ISLANDS — Spanish Islas Galpagos, officially Archipilago de Coln (Columbus Archipelago), island group of the eastern Pacific Ocean, administratively part of Ecuador. …
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FRISIAN ISLANDS — low-lying chain of islands from 3 to 20 miles (5 to 32 km) off the northern European mainland. They extend …
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CAYMAN ISLANDS — British colony in the Caribbean Sea, comprising the islands of Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, and Cayman Brac, situated about 180 …
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ALEUTIAN ISLANDS — Aleutian Islands chain of small islands that separate the Bering Sea (north) from the main portion of the Pacific Ocean …
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