Leeward Islands

geographical name

Lee·​ward Islands ˈlē-wərd 

ˈlü-ərd

1

island chain in the central Pacific extending 1250 miles (2012 kilometers) west-northwest from the main islands of the Hawaiian group; includes Nihoa, Necker, Laysan, Midway, and Kure islands

2

or French Îles sous le Vent

ˌēl-sü-lə-ˈväⁿ 

islands in the South Pacific, the western group of the Society Islands population 22,232

3

islands of the West Indies in the northern Lesser Antilles extending from the Virgin Islands on the north to Dominica on the south

4

former colony of the British West Indies in the Leewards including Antigua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Montserrat