Saint Vincent
English
Alternative forms
- St. Vincent, St Vincent, St.-Vincent, St-Vincent, Saint-Vincent
Etymology
- (island): Calque of Spanish, from Italian. Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus in 1498, after the island was sighted on St Vincent's Day, 22 January 1498.
Proper noun
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see saint, Vincent., a saint named Vincent
- An island in the Caribbean, the largest island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Ellipsis of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.; A country in the Caribbean
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