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Windward (/ˈwɪndwərd, ˈwɪnərd/) and
leeward (/ˈliːwərd, ˈljuːərd/) are
terms used to
describe direction relative to the wind.
Windward is
upwind from...
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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 Antilles (Dutch:
Benedenwindse Eilanden) are a
chain of
islands in the...
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three groups: the
Windward Islands in the south, the
Leeward Islands in the north, and the
Leeward Antilles in the west. The
Windward Islands are so called...
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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...
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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...
- the Reno Air
Races in Reno, Nevada,
killing the pilot,
James K. "Jimmy"
Leeward, and ten
people on the ground. Sixty-nine more
people on the
ground were...
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group of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, the
three westernmost islands of the
Leeward Antilles in the
Caribbean Sea.
These have a
shared political history and...
- Look up
Leeward Islands in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Leeward Islands is the
northern islands of the
Lesser Antilles.
Leeward Islands may also refer...
