saint vincent

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An island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the central Windward Islands of the West Indies. Visited by Columbus in 1498, the island proved difficult to colonize due to strong resistance from its Carib inhabitants. The British established a settlement in the mid-1700s and held the island, except for a brief occupation by the French (1779-1783), thereafter, finally defeating the Caribs in 1797. A promontory at the southwest extremity of Portugal. Prince Henry the Navigator established (c. 1420) an observatory and a school of navigation nearby

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

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

A country in the Caribbean. Official name: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Island nation, Windward Islands, in the eastern Caribbean

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

{i} state comprised of a number of the Caribbean islands

Saint Vincent de Paul

v. born April 24, 1581, Pouy, France died Sept. 27, 1660, Paris; canonized 1737; feast day September 27 French religious leader. Educated by the Franciscans at Dax, he was ordained in 1600 and graduated from the University of Toulouse in 1604. It is said that he was captured at sea by Barbary pirates but escaped. In 1625 he founded the Congregation of the Mission (also called Lazarists or Vincentians) in Paris as a preaching and teaching order. He also established the Confraternities of Charity, associations of laywomen who nursed the sick. With St. Louise de Marillac he cofounded the Daughters of Charity (Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul)

saint vincent and the grenadines

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

Cape Saint Vincent

v. Cape, Portugal. Located at the southwesternmost point of Portugal, the cape was known to the Greeks and Romans as Promontorium Sacrum ("Sacred Point") because of a shrine there. Pastoralism and fishing are the economic mainstays of the region. Near Sagres, the main settlement, was the town of Vila do Infante, where 1420 Prince Henry the Navigator established a naval observatory and school for navigators. Many naval battles have taken place off the cape

Gulf Saint Vincent

v. Triangular inlet of the Indian Ocean, southeast Australia. It is on the coast of South Australia between Yorke Peninsula and the mainland. About 90 mi (145 km) long and 45 mi (73 km) wide, it is linked to the ocean by the Investigator Strait and the Backstairs Passage. Kangaroo Island lies across the gulf's entrance, and Port Adelaide (pop., 1996: 37,559), South Australia's leading port, is on its eastern side

Hyphenation

saint Vin·cent

Turkish pronunciation

seynt vînsınt

Pronunciation

/ˈsānt ˈvənsənt/ /ˈseɪnt ˈvɪnsənt/