leeward islands
geographical name(Lee-ward Islands)
island chain in the central Pacific extending 1250 miles (2012 kilometers) west-northwest from the main islands of the Hawaiian group; includes Nihoa, Necker, Laysan, Midway, and Kure islands
leeward islands
geographical name(Lee-ward Islands)
islands in the South Pacific, the western group of the Society Islands population 22,232
leeward islands
geographical name(Lee-ward Islands)
islands of the West Indies in the northern Lesser Antilles extending from the Virgin Islands on the north to Dominica on the south