Leeward Islands
The Leeward Islands are the western part of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France, in the South Pacific Ocean. They lie south of the Line Islands, east of the Cooks and north of the Austral Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: archipelago with 31,800 residents
- Description: western group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia
- Also known as: “Circonscription administrative des Îles Sous-le-Vent”, “Iles Sous-le-Vent”, and “Sous de Vent”
Leeward Islands
- Category: administrative subdivision of French Polynesia
- Location: French Polynesia, Polynesia, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Leeward Islands” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Benedewindse Eilande (Geselskapseilande)”
- Afrikaans: “Benedewindse Eilande”
- Arabic: “جزر ليوارد”
- Asturian: “Islles de Sotaventu”
- Basque: “Haizebearen uharteak”
- Basque: “Haizebeko uharteak”
- Bengali: “লিওয়ার্ড দ্বীপ্পুঞ্জ”
- Catalan: “illes de Sotavent”
- Catalan: “Illes de Sotavent”
- Chinese: “Sous-le-Vent Kûn-tó”
- Chinese: “下風群島”
- Chinese: “李娃島”
- Chinese: “背风群岛”
- Czech: “Podvětrné ostrovy”
- Czech: “Závětrné ostrovy”
- Danish: “Leeward Islands”
- Dutch: “Benedenwindse Eilanden (Frans-Polynesie)”
- Dutch: “Benedenwindse Eilanden”
- Esperanto: “Deventaj Insuloj”
- Estonian: “Tuulealused saared”
- Finnish: “Leewardsaaret”
- Finnish: “Suojanpuoleiset saaret”
- French: “îles Sous-le-Vent”
- French: “Îles Sous-le-Vent”
- Galician: “Illas de Sotavento, Illas da Sociedade”
- Galician: “Illas de Sotavento”
- German: “Leeward-Inseln”
- Greek: “Νησιά Λίγουορν”
- Gujarati: “લીવાર્ડ આઇલેન્ડ્સ”
- Hindi: “लीवर्ड द्वीपसमूह”
- Hungarian: “Îles Sous-le-Vent”
- Hungarian: “Raro Mata’y mā”
- Hungarian: “Szél alatti szigetek”
- Hungarian: “Szélcsendes-szigetek”
- Hungarian: “Társaság-szigetek”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Leeward”
- Italian: “Isole Sottovento”
- Japanese: “リーワード諸島”
- Kannada: “ಲೀವರ್ಡ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು”
- Korean: “리워드 제도”
- Latin: “Insulae Infra Ventum”
- Latvian: “Aizvēja salas”
- Lithuanian: “Pavėjinės salos”
- Macedonian: “Заветрени Острови (Друштвени Острови)”
- Macedonian: “Заветрени Острови”
- Malay: “Leeward Islands”
- Maltese: “Gżejjer Leeward”
- Marathi: “लेआर्ड आईसलँडस”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sous-le-Vent Kûn-tó”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Îles Sous-le-Vent”
- Norwegian: “Îles Sous-le-Vent”
- Persian: “جزایر بادپناه (جزایر انجمن)”
- Persian: “جزایر بادپناه”
- Polish: “Wyspy Pod Wiatrem”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas de Sotavento”
- Russian: “Подветренные острова”
- Sinhala: “ලිවාර්ඩ් දුපත්”
- Slovenian: “îles Sous-le-Vent”
- Slovenian: “Zavetrni otoki”
- Spanish: “Islas de Sotavento”
- Swedish: “Leeward Islands”
- Tahitian: “Raro mata’i mā”
- Tahitian: “Te fenua Raro mata’i mā”
- Tamil: “லீவ்ர்டு இஸ்லாண்ட்ஸ்”
- Telugu: “లీవార్డ్ దీవులు”
- Thai: “หมู่เกาะลีเวิร์ด”
- Turkish: “Leeward Adaları”
- Turkish: “Rüzgâraltı Adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Підвітряні острови”
- Urdu: “جزائر لیوارڈ”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Leeward”
- Western Frisian: “Underwynske Eilannen (Genoatskipseilannen)”
- Western Frisian: “Underwynske Eilannen”
- Yue Chinese: “下風群島”
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