- In
geography and seamanship,
windward (/ˈwɪndwərd, ˈwɪnərd/) and
leeward (/ˈliːwərd, ˈljuːərd/) are
directions relative to the wind.
Windward is upwind...
- The
Leeward Islands (/ˈliːwərd/) are a
group of
islands situated where the
northeastern Caribbean Sea
meets the
western Atlantic Ocean.
Starting with...
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British Leeward Islands was a
British colony from 1671 to 1958,
consisting of the
English (later British)
overseas possessions in the
Leeward Islands...
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leeward in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Leeward is the
opposite of Windward.
Leeward may also
refer to:
Leeward Islands (disambiguation)
Leeward Antilles...
- Look up
Leeward Islands in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Leeward Islands is the
northern islands of the
Lesser Antilles.
Leeward Islands may also refer...
- to
Trinidad and
Tobago in the south, and lie
south of the
Leeward Islands and east of
Leeward Antilles. The name was also used to
refer to a
British colony...
- The
Leeward Antilles (Dutch:
Benedenwindse Eilanden; Spanish:
islas de Sotavento) are a
chain of
islands in the Caribbean,
specifically part of the southerly...
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group of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, the
three westernmost islands of the
Leeward Antilles in the
Caribbean Sea.
These islands have a
shared political history...
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swings southeast through the
Leeward and
Windward Islands towards South America, and
turns westward through the
Leeward Antilles along the Venezuelan...
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Leeward Point Field (IATA: NBW, ICAO: MUGM), also
known as
Leeward Airfield, is a U.S.
military airfield located at
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in Guantánamo...
