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The correct pronunciations listed below are the ones locals use. The asterisks (*) indicate island names commonly mispronounced by tourists.
| Island | Correct pronunciation | |
| * Anguilla | ahn-gweel-ah | |
| * Antigua | ahn-tee-gah | |
| Barbados | bahr-bay-dohs | |
| * Barbuda | bah-boo-dah | |
| Dominica | dohm-uh-nee-kuh | |
| Grenada | gruh-nay-dah | |
| Grenadines | greh-nah-deens | |
| * Guadeloupe | gwohd-ell-oop | |
| Martinique | mahr-tih-neek | |
| Montserrat | mohnt-suh-raht | |
| * Nevis | nee-vihs | |
| * Saba | say-bah | |
| St Barts | bahrts | |
| St Eustatius | you-stay-shush | |
| St Kitts | kitz | |
| * St Lucia | loo-shuh | |
| St Maarten | mahr-tihn | |
| St Martin | mahr-tihn | |
| Tobago | tuh-bay-go | |
| Trinidad | trinh-eh-dahd | |
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