Saint Vincent
English
Alternative forms
- St. Vincent, St Vincent, St.-Vincent, St-Vincent, Saint-Vincent
Etymology
- (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.
Proper noun
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see saint, Vincent., a saint named Vincent
- An island of the Caribbean, the largest island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
- Ellipsis of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: a country in the Caribbean.