The WORLD GUIDE says:

"To get to grips with the Caribbean, it’s first useful to clarify the nomenclature. The Caribbean islands were erroneously dubbed ‘West Indies’ because early explorers like Columbus were trying to find a western sea passage to India, China and Japan. Since then, they’ve been grouped as the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico) and the more southerly Lesser Antilles – which are further sub-divided into the Leeward Islands (from the Virgin Islands up north to Guadeloupe), the Windward Islands (Martinique to Trinidad & Tobago down south), and Leeward Antilles (or ‘Dutch Antilles’; Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao and Isla Margarita). Year-round trade winds at these latitudes provide the Leeward Islands a damp climate with annual rainfall of 200L/m², whereas... " world guide