Barlovento is a word that is formed from the union of two terms that are "barloa" that refers to a very thick cable that supports or retains a ship on a dock and "vento", which comes from "wind"; sources state that the word barloa derives from the French "par lof" which is equivalent in our language to "for the wind". The word windward refers to the direction in which the wind travels or is driven, or in other words it can be defined as that sector from which the wind comes, referring to a specific place, boat, ship, building, hillside, mountain, etc.
The important dictionary of the Spanish league states windward as the part where the wind comes from, in relation to a specific place or point. It should be noted that this is a term widely used in climatological, maritime, geomorphological contexts and even in physical geography. On the other hand there is the other word opposite to windward, and this is leeward that refers to the sector that is protected from the wind force, that is, it is the opposite side that receives the wind.
The terms windward and leeward are widely used in seamanship in order to make known towards which sectors the boat moved with respect to the wind; On the other hand, in hunting, geomorphology, physical geography, climatology and other different industries also use these words to know where the wind is going and where it is blowing.
Finally, there are a series of regions and islands that are characterized by the windward name, such is the case of a region located in Venezuela, in the state of Miranda. Another case is a municipality in the Canary Islands; and also the set of islands of Cape Verde are also called windward. And just like these that were mentioned there are other regions and groups of islands.
