LEEWARD ISLANDS

Meaning of LEEWARD ISLANDS in English

/lee"weuhrd/

a group of islands in the N Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, extending from Puerto Rico SE to Martinique.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 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 — 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 — ˈLeeward ˌIslands, the BrE AmE a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, between Puerto Rico and Martinique, which includes …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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. …
Britannica English vocabulary
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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