The West Indies, more commonly referred to as the Caribbean, consists of three major island groups: the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles. The Greater Antilles include some of the most well-known individual islands, including Cuba and Puerto Rico.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English Â© 2017. -chron-, root. -chron- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning time.'' This meaning is found in such words as: anachronism, chronic, chronicle, chronology, synchronize.
from Greek khronos time. Word Origin and History for chrono-. before vowels chron-, word-forming element meaning time, from Latinized form of Greek khrono-, comb. form of khronos time, a defined time, a lifetime, a season, a while, which is of uncertain origin.