Saint Vincent

English

Alternative forms

• 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.

Proper noun

Saint Vincent

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

Derived terms

• Petit Saint Vincent
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Vincentian

 

Related terms

• Vincentian