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â¢ LEEWARD (noun). The noun LEEWARD has 2 senses: 1. the direction in which the wind is blowing. 2. the side of something that is sheltered from the wind. Familiarity information: LEEWARD used as a noun is rare. LEEWARD (noun). The noun LEEWARD has 2 senses: 1. the direction in which the wind is blowing. 2. the side of something that is sheltered from the wind. Familiarity information: LEEWARD used as a noun is rare.
The Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles, within the West Indies. They lie south of the Leeward Islands, between latitudes 12Â° and 16Â° N and longitudes 60Â° and 62Â° W in one definition.As a group they start from Dominica and reach southward to the North of Trinidad & Tobago.ost of the islands of the present Windward Islands were once ruled by France and considered to be part of the French Antilles. The Windward Islands are: 1  Dominica (formerly administered as part of the Leeward Islands). 2  Martinique.