Antilles [Islands] - Antilles

Japanese: アンティル[諸島] - アンティル
Antilles [Islands] - Antilles
An archipelago in the Caribbean Sea that forms the main part of the West Indies. In Spanish, it is called Antillas. It is divided into the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles. The name comes from Antillia, which was thought to be on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean in medieval Europe.

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Japanese:
カリブ海，西インド諸島の主要部分をなす弧状列島。スペイン語ではAntillas。大アンティル諸島と小アンティル諸島に大別される。ヨーロッパ中世に大西洋の向こうにあると想像されていたアンティリアからこの名称が生まれた。

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