Despite competing claims made by the British government and nearby Antigua, the rock island maintained its sovereignty.
So You Want to Rule a Kingdom? A Wacky History of One-Man Nations|Nina Strochlic|July 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So, next winter, skip Punta Cana and Cancun, and head to Antigua.
There Are Bugs in Your Coffee and Other Things I Learned in Antigua, Guatemala|William O’Connor|January 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Were there any crazy stories filming in Sri Lanka and Antigua for Rio?
Duran Duran on 30th Anniversary of ‘Rio,’ the Olympics, James Bond, and More|Marlow Stern|July 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Simon: We filmed three music videos in Sri Lanka and two in Antigua, so five in total.
Duran Duran on 30th Anniversary of ‘Rio,’ the Olympics, James Bond, and More|Marlow Stern|July 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
They are currently in Antigua Barbuda, the last country the couple will visit before returning to the United Kingdom.
Edward Who?|Tom Sykes|March 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Antigua is lower, longer, and flatter than the other islands.
At Last|Charles Kingsley
There was a young bride of Antigua, who said to her mate, 'What a pig you are!'
Jill the Reckless|P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
An island called Antigua, thirty miles distant from Guadaloupe, has a circumference of about forty miles.
De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2)|Trans. by Francis Augustus MacNutt
The Renown slipped through a smooth sea, however, to Antigua, completely escaping bad weather.
Down Under With the Prince|Everard Cotes
The rate of wages which had been given in Antigua since 1834.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus|American Anti-Slavery Society
British Dictionary definitions for Antigua
Antigua
/ (ænˈtiːɡə) /
noun
an island in the Caribbean, one of the Leeward Islands: a British colony, with its dependency Barbuda, until 1967, when it became a British associated state; it became independent in 1981 as part of the state of Antigua and Barbuda. Area: 279 sq km (108 sq miles)