English Explanatory Dictionary

Saint Vincent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see saint, Vincent., a saint named Vincent
  2. An island of the Caribbean, the largest island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
  3. Ellipsis of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: a country in the Caribbean.

Word forms

Saint Vincent St. Vincent St Vincent St.-Vincent St-Vincent Saint-Vincent

Etymology

saint+Vincent. * (island): Calque from Spanish, from Italian. Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus in 1498, after the island was sighted on St Vincent's Day, 22 January 1498.

Related words

Vincentian

Derived words

Petit Saint Vincent Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Vincentian
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