Relating to the Antilles, a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea that includes the Greater and Lesser Antilles.
From Antilles (from Spanish Antillas, of uncertain ultimate origin, possibly from Antilia, a legendary island) + -an (relating to). The Antilles have been called this since European contact with the region.
The Antilles have an incredible history—the region was home to indigenous Taíno people for centuries before Columbus arrived, and the islands became central to the Atlantic slave trade, which shaped the cultural mix we see there today.
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