Leeward Islands
/ˈliːwəd/- a group of islands in the Caribbean, constituting the northern part of the Lesser Antilles. The group includes Guadeloupe, Antigua, St Kitts, and Montserrat.背风群岛, 利沃得群岛(加勒比海中一组岛屿, 构成了小安的列斯群岛的北面部分, 包括瓜得罗普岛, 安提瓜岛, 圣基茨岛和蒙特塞拉特岛)。
词源
Leeward with reference to the islands' situation further downwind (in terms of the prevailing south-easterly winds) than the Windward Islands.