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Antillean, a.|ˌæntɪˈliːən, ænˈtɪlɪən|
[f. Antilles + -an.]
Of or belonging to the Antilles, a group of islands in the West Indies, or their inhabitants.
1876A. R. Wallace Geogr. Distribution of Animals II. xiv. 60 (heading) The West Indian Islands, or Antillean Sub-region. Ibid. 62 On the western group of islands..the chief pecularities of Antillean zoology are developed. 1888A. Agassiz in Bull. Mus. Compar. Zool. XIV. 116 The deep soundings..do not lend much support to the theory of an Antillean continent. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXV. 361/1 Central America, the West Indies, and various submarine ridges by which they are connected with one another and with the mainland to the west..all belong together in what has been termed the Antillean mountain system. 1961L. D. Stamp Gloss Geogr. Terms 532 Stratigraphical Terms..Antillean. Miocene orogenesis of West Indies. |