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| Name shared by a Greek island, famous for its wine, and the largest island in the Bahamas |
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Andros |
| Named by Columbus after an icon in the cathedral of Seville - the cathedral is known as "the old cathedral" and the island's name is Spanish for "old" |
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Antigua |
| Most easterly island in the Caribbean; natives are called Bajans (pronounced Bay–juns); Nelson’s Statue and Trafalgar Square are on; Holetown is the site of the first British landing (1625) on |
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Barbados |
| Somers Islands: alternative name for the |
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Bermudas |
| South of Cuba, 180 miles West of Jamaica: Grand …, Little …, … Brack: make up the … Islands Dependency |
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Cayman |
| Largest island in the Caribbean (one of four in the Greater Antilles) |
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Cuba |
| Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands; gave its name to an orange-flavoured liqueur |
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Curacao |
| Eight coral islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico |
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Dry Tortugas |
| Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica |
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Greater Antilles |
| Group of islands in the Leeward Islands that make up an overseas region of France (with a single department) – cf. Martinique |
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Guadeloupe |
| Haiti and the Dominican Republic are the two countries that make up |
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Hispaniola |
| Antigua, St. Kitts & Nevis, Montserrat, Barbuda (etc.) |
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Leeward Islands |
| The Leeward and Windward Islands make up most of the |
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Lesser Antilles |
| Island in the Leeward Islands that makes up an overseas region of France (with a single department) – cf. Guadeloupe |
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Martinique |
| Caribbean island - a British Overseas Territoriy - disturbed by volcanic eruption in 1995 and 1997: the capital (Plymouth) was buried in ash, and the southern half of the island left uninhabitable |
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Montserrat |
| Caribbean island bought by Richard Branson, 1979 (British Virgin Islands) |
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Necker Island |
| Curaçao, Bonaire: largest islands of the |
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Netherlands Antilles |
| Easternmost of the Greater Antilles, ceded to the USA by Spain in 1898; now (since 1952) has local self–government and Commonwealth status; Caribbean (south–eastern) apex of the Bermuda Triangle (the others are Bermuda and Florida). Name means Rich Port. Arecibo (famous for its radio telescope) is a municipality of |
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Puerto Rico |
| One of the Leeward Islands: northern half is an overseas collectivity of France, southern half is one of the four countries that make up the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
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Saint Martin (Sint Maarten) |
| One of the Leeward Islands: an overseas collectivity of France |
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Saint Bartélemy |
| First land sighted by Columbus in the New World (Central Bahamas) |
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San Salvador |
| Southernmost island in the Caribbean; separated from Venezuela by the Serpent’s Mouth and the Dragons’ Mouths |
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Trinidad |
| Danish West Indies: bought by USA in 1916; name changed to |
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Virgin Islands |
| Greater and Lesser Antilles together make up the |
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West Indies |
| Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada |
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Windward Islands |
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