De store Antiller

Norwegian Bokmål thumb|The Greater Antilles in the Caribbean. thumb|The Viñales Valley in Cuba. thumb|The Blue Mountains in Jamaica. Etymology From nb de De the + nb stor store large, great + nb Antillene Antiller the Antilles, literally “the large Antilles”. The second element, nb stor store large, great, is the definite and plural form of nb stor large, great. It is inherited from nb non stórr large, great, from nb gem-pro *stōraz large, great, ultimately from nb ine-pro *steh₂-u-ro-s large, thick. Cognates include nn stor, da stor, sv stor, is stór and fo stórur large, great. The final element is the form Antiller, used in standardized fixed geographical names beginning with an article and adjective; the standalone geographical name is nb Antillene the Antilles. Parallel formations include nn Dei store Antillane, da De Store Antiller, sv Stora Antillerna, nl Grote Antillen, de Große Antillen and en Greater Antilles. Pronunciation nb /diː ²ˈstuː.rə ¹anˈtɪlː.ər/ [diː ˈstûː.ɾə anˈtɪ̀lː.əɾ] nb ɪlːər 6 nb De sto re An til ler Proper noun nb proper noun p De store Antiller Greater Antilles; nb an <<archipelago>> in the <<r/Caribbean>> Archipelagos Geographic and cultural areas of North America, forming the western and northern part of the Antilles and comprising Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. nb Cuba er den største øya i De store Antiller. Cuba is the largest island in the Greater Antilles. nb 5 January 2026 Antillene Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Antillene Øyene inndeles i De store Antiller: Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico på til sammen 207 968 kvadratkilometer, og De små Antiller, som består av cirka 100 små øyer med et areal på til sammen 14 078 kvadratkilometer. The islands are divided into the Greater Antilles—Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico, covering a total of 207,968 square kilometres—and the Lesser Antilles, which consist of approximately 100 small islands with a combined area of 14,078 square kilometres. https://web.archive.org/web/20260813162852/https://snl.no/Antillene 13 August 2026 Usage notes In the standardized fixed name De store Antiller, Bokmål uses the form Antiller. The independent name of the entire archipelago is nb Antillene the Antilles. nb De store Antiller is contrasted with nb De små Antiller the Lesser Antilles. Together, the two groups constitute the Antilles. Meronyms nb Cuba Cuba nb Hispaniola Hispaniola nb Jamaica Jamaica nb Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Coordinate terms nb De små Antiller Lesser Antilles Related terms nb Antillene the Antilles nb Karibia the Caribbean nb Vestindia the West Indies References “Utanlandske stadnamn” at Språkrådet. “Antillene” in Store norske leksikon.