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SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

Dictionary entry overview: What does Saint Vincent and the Grenadines mean?

• SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES (noun)
The noun SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES has 1 sense:

1. an island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979

Familiarity information: SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES (noun)

Sense 1

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

An island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines"):

Saint Vincent; St. Vincent (an island in the center of the Windward Islands; the largest of the islands comprising Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Holonyms ("Saint Vincent and the Grenadines" is a part of...):

Caribbean (region including the Caribbean islands)

Windward Islands; Windward Isles (a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser Antilles)

Holonyms ("Saint Vincent and the Grenadines" is a member of...):

OAS; Organization of American States (an association of countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)

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