BUENAIRE, one of the Leeward Islands, in the West Indies, lying east of Curaçoa, and belonging to the Dutch. It is fifty miles in circumference, is mountainous in its appearance, and inhabited chiefly by Indians, with a small mixture of Europeans. It produces nothing but a few cattle, goats, large quantities of poultry, and of late years a considerable quantity of salt. On the south-west side there is a good harbour. It is fifty-two miles east of Curaçoa. Long. 67. 36. W. Lat. 12. 26. N.