Sotavento

Sotavento is a Portuguese word meaning “leeward”. It is used in several geographic features: the area of Algarve, around Faro & Tavira;

Sotavento Islands — the southern group of Cape Verde islands;
Sotavento algarvio — the eastern part of the Algarve region, in Portugal;

The word also exists in Spanish, with the same meaning.

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