LEEWARD ISLANDS

Meaning of LEEWARD ISLANDS in English

ˈLeeward ˌIslands, the BrE AmE

a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, between Puerto Rico and Martinique, which includes the islands of Antigua, Montserrat, and Guadeloupe, and the Virgin Islands

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

LEEWARD ISLANDS — geographical name island chain central Pacific extending 1250 miles (2012 kilometers ) WNW from main islands of the Hawaiian group; …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEEWARD ISLANDS — Arc of West Indian islands that constitute the most westerly and northerly of the Lesser The major islands are, from …
Английский словарь Британика
LEEWARD ISLANDS — /lee"weuhrd/ a group of islands in the N Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, extending from Puerto Rico SE to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEEWARD ISLANDS — n. chain of islands in the West Indies
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEEWARD ISLANDS — geographical name 1. island chain central Pacific extending 1250 miles (2012 kilometers ) WNW from main islands of the Hawaiian …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEEWARD ISLANDS — v. Pronunciation: ' l ē -w ə rd, ' lü- ə rd Function: geographical name 1 island chain cen Pacific …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LEEWARD ISLANDS — French les Sous Le Vent, Spanish Islas De Sotovento, an arc of West Indian islands that constitute the most westerly …
Britannica English vocabulary
LEEWARD ISLANDS — Arc of West Indian islands that constitute the most westerly and northerly of the Lesser Antilles , northeastern Caribbean Sea. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LEEWARD ISLANDS — Подветренные острова
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LEEWARD ISLANDS — Подветренные острова
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LEEWARD ISLANDS — геогр. Подветренные острова
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEEWARD ISLANDS — Подветренные о-ва
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LEEWARD ISLANDS — геогр. Подветренные острова
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LEEWARD ISLANDS — геогр. Подветренные острова
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LEEWARD ISLANDS — Подветренные о-ва
Англо-Русский географический словарь
LEEWARD — I. noun Date: 1549 the lee side, II. adjective Date: 1630 being in or facing the direction toward which the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEEWARD — I. ˈlüə(r)d ( usual nautical pronunc ), ˈlēwə- adjective Etymology: lee (I) + -ward : situated away from the wind …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEEWARD — (adv.) Toward the lee.
Английский словарь Webster
LEEWARD — (n.) The lee side; the lee.
Английский словарь Webster
LEEWARD — (a.) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to …
Английский словарь Webster
LEEWARD — ( n. ) The lee side; the lee.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEEWARD — ( adv. ) Toward the lee.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEEWARD — ( a. ) Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEEWARD — — leewardly , adv. /lee"weuhrd/ ; Naut. /looh"euhrd/ , adj. 1. pertaining to, situated in, or moving toward the quarter …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEEWARD — adv. on the side sheltered from the wind (Nautical)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEEWARD — adj. away from the wind, sheltered from the wind (Nautical)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEEWARD — adv toward the lee. 2. leeward ·noun the lee side; the lee. 3. leeward ·adj pertaining to, or in the …
Webster English vocab
LEEWARD — [lee.ward] n (1549): the lee side [2]leeward adj (1666): being in or facing the direction toward which the wind is …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEEWARD — leeward, L~ BrE AmE ˈliː wəd AmE -w ə rd —also nautical ˈlu ː ‿əd, ˈlju ː ‿ ‖ ‿ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEEWARD — / ˈliːwəd; NAmE -wərd; or, in nautical use, ˈluːəd; NAmE -ərd/ adjective , noun ■ adjective on the side of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEEWARD — lee ‧ ward /ˈliːwəd, ˈluːəd $ -ərd/ BrE AmE adjective , adverb 1 . the leeward side of something is …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEEWARD — Naut. adj., adv., & n. --adj. & adv. on or towards the side sheltered from the wind (opp. WINDWARD). --n. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEEWARD — Naut. adj., adv., & n. adj. & adv. on or towards the side sheltered from the wind (opp. WINDWARD). n. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEEWARD — Naut. adj., adv., & n. --adj. & adv. on or towards the side sheltered from the wind (opp. WINDWARD). --n. …
Oxford English vocab
LEEWARD — [adjective], [adverb] [not gradable] [specialized] - (on the side of a hill, etc.) facing away from the windWe lit a …
Cambridge English vocab
LEEWARD — Synonyms and related words : alee, anticlockwise, aweather, clockwise, counterclockwise, downwind, earthward, flanking, glancing, heavenward, homeward, landward, lateral, lee, lee …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEEWARD — adj. Leeward is used with these nouns: ↑ side
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LEEWARD — 1. сущ. подветренная сторона in/upon/to leeward (of) ≈ с подветренной стороны чего-л. Ant : windward 2. прил. подветренный Syn : …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Изолированные
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Острова
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Архипелаг
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LEEWARD — leeward.ogg 1. ʹli:wəd,ʹlu:əd n подветренная сторона to (the) leeward - в подветренную сторону on /upon/ (the) leeward - с подветренной …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEEWARD — под ветер - leeward ice edge - leeward side
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LEEWARD — 1. сущ.подветренная сторона in leeward of, upon leeward of, to leeward of — с подветренной стороны чего-л. Ant:windward 2. прил.подветренный …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LEEWARD — 1. ʹli:wəd,ʹlu:əd n подветренная сторона to (the) leeward - в подветренную сторону on /upon/ (the) leeward - с подветренной стороны …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LEEWARD — 1. сущ. подветренная сторона in leeward of, upon leeward of, to leeward of — с подветренной стороны чего-л. Ant: windward …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LEEWARD — 1. сущ. подветренная сторона in leeward of, upon leeward of, to leeward of — с подветренной стороны чего-л. Ant: windward 2. прил. подветренный Syn: lee Ant: windward 3. нареч. в подветренную сторону
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ISLANDS — Chile
Russian-English Edic
LEEWARD — - leeward of the town
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
LEEWARD — 1. сущ. подветренная сторона in/upon/to leeward (of) ≈ с подветренной стороны чего-л. Ant : windward 2. прил. подветренный Syn : …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ISLANDS — Изолированные
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
VIRGIN ISLANDS — group of about 90 small islands, islets, cays, and rocks in the West Indies, situated some 40 to 50 miles …
Britannica English vocabulary
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS — British dependency in the West Indies, comprising two small groups of islands at the southeastern end of The Bahamas and …
Britannica English vocabulary
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 …
Britannica English vocabulary
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 …
Britannica English vocabulary
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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ISLAND — I Any area of land smaller than a continent and entirely surrounded by water. Islands may occur in oceans, seas, …
Английский словарь Британика
POLYNESIA — ethnogeographic grouping of islands scattered across a huge triangular area of the east-central Pacific Ocean. The triangle has its apex …
Britannica English vocabulary
OUTER HEBRIDES — islands in Scotland, off the northwestern coast of the Scottish mainland. They constitute the Western Isles council area. Lewis, the …
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