• The Windward River is a river in Fiordland, New Zealand, flowing into Gold Arm, Charles Sound. The estuary of the Windward River is protected by the Kahukura...
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    The Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean islands or West Indies. Located approximately between...
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  • Polynesia Windward Mall, an enclosed shopping center located in Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi Windward Passage, a strait in the Caribbean Sea Windward River, a river in...
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    The British Windward Islands was an administrative grouping of British colonies in the Windward Islands of the West Indies, existing from 1833 until 3...
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    unable to sail higher than a certain angle towards the wind, so "beating to windward" in a zig-zag fashion with a series of tacking maneuvers, allows a vessel...
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    the Windward Maroons, along with their children and families. At the beginning of the 18th century, under the leadership of Nanny, the Windward Maroons...
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    more southerly part of this chain, starting with Dominica, is called the Windward Islands. Dominica was originally considered a part of the Leeward Islands...
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    archipelago of the Virgin Islands, swings southeast through the Leeward and Windward Islands towards South America, and turns westward through the Leeward Antilles...
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    the Leeward Islands became a part. In 1833, the Windward Islands became a formal union called the Windward Islands Colony. In 1838, Trinidad (acquired in...
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  • This is a list of viceroys in the British Windward Islands. The colony of the Windward Islands was created in 1833 and consisted of Grenada, Barbados (to...
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