The West Indies, more commonly referred to as the Caribbean, consists of three major island groups: the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles. The Greater Antilles include some of the most well-known individual islands, including Cuba and Puerto Rico.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English Â© 2017. -chron-, root. -chron- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning time.'' This meaning is found in such words as: anachronism, chronic, chronicle, chronology, synchronize.
-chromia or -chromy [Greek chromos colored] Condition of pigmentation indicated by the stem or prefix (achromia). -chronia or -chrony [Greek chronos time] Time-related condition of the type indicated by the stem or prefix (heterochronia, synchrony). -chymia [Greek chymos juice] A condition of the chyme of the type indicated by the stem or prefix (ischochymia).