The story
From Antilia or Antillia, a legendary island lying west of Spain and Portugal, from Antulia; the name is of disputed origin, with many different theories proposed; see Antillia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Antilles
Today it means: A large archipelago in the West Indies, bounded to the north by (and including) the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean Sea Full definition →