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Windward and leeward
Windward is the direction upwind from the point of reference. Leeward is the direction downwind (or downward) from the point of reference. The side of a ship that is towards the leeward is its lee side. If the vessel is heeling under the pressure of the wind, this will be the "lower side". During the age of sail, the term ''weather'' was used as a synonym for ''windward'' in some contexts, as in the ''weather gage''.
==Pronunciation==
The traditional nautical pronunciations are the elided forms and , but this is regarded as old-fashioned. The literal pronunciations, and , are more common. The pronunciation for the Leeward and Windward Islands and the Leeward Antilles is normally the latter form.〔(''The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language )〕
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