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A group of islands in the North Lesser Antilles of the West Indies extending from Puerto Rico SE to Martinique. A former British colony in the E. West Indies consisting of Antigua, Barbuda, St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat, and the British Virgin Islands.
(WUD, 1994, p.817)