De små Antiller

Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|The Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. thumb|The Pitons on Saint Lucia in the Lesser Antilles. thumb|Rainforest on Dominica in the Lesser Antilles. Etymology From the definite article nb de the + nb små small + nb Antillene Antiller the Antilles, literally “the small Antilles”. Synchronically, nb små small is the plural and definite form corresponding to nb liten small. It is inherited from nb non smár small, from nb gem-pro *smalaz small, narrow. Cognates include nn små, da små, sv små, is smár, en small and de schmal narrow. 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 små Antillane, da De Små Antiller, sv Små Antillerna, nl Kleine Antillen, de Kleine Antillen and en Lesser Antilles Lesser Antilles. Pronunciation nb /diː smɔː ¹anˈtɪlː.ər/ [diː smɔː anˈtɪ̀lː.əɾ] nb ɪlːər 5 nb De små An til ler Proper noun nb proper noun p De små Antiller Lesser Antilles; nb an <<archipelago>> in the <<r/Caribbean>> Archipelagos Geographic and cultural areas of North America, forming the eastern and southern part of the Antilles and comprising roughly one hundred islands. nb De små Antiller strekker seg i en bue gjennom det østlige og sørlige Karibia. The Lesser Antilles extend in an arc through the eastern and southern Caribbean. 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 små Antiller, Bokmål uses the form Antiller. The independent name of the entire archipelago is nb Antillene the Antilles. nb De små Antiller is contrasted with nb De store Antiller the Greater Antilles. Together, the two groups constitute most of the Antilles. Meronyms nb ABC-øyene ABC Islands nb SSS-øyene SSS islands Coordinate terms nb De store Antiller Greater 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.