St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- proper noun
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San Vicente y las Granadinas
- She traveled to St. Vincent and the Grenadines for her honeymoon last summer.
Examples
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International aid was sent to St. Vincent and the Grenadines after the volcano eruption.
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Cricket is a popular sport in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines is beautiful.
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I plan to visit St. Vincent and the Grenadines next summer.
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Cricket is a popular sport in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
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International aid was sent to St. Vincent and the Grenadines after the volcano eruption.
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She traveled to St. Vincent and the Grenadines for her honeymoon last summer.
Synonyms
An island country in the Caribbean made of Saint Vincent and small Grenadine islands
Surface Forms
Morphology
St. + Vincent + and + the + Grenadines
The phrase is a compound place-name made of proper names joined by 'and the', so a learner who knows the constituents will recognize it as a geographic entity combining Saint Vincent with the Grenadine islands. However, knowing it is specifically an island country (its political status, location in the Caribbean, and that it refers to a chain of islands) requires world knowledge beyond the literal parts, so the relation is only partly predictable.
Etymology
The country St. Vincent and the Grenadines is named for the big island, Saint Vincent, which European sailors often named after the saint whose 'feast day' they saw when they arrived, and for the chain of smaller islands called the Grenadines. So the name simply tells you it is the island of Saint Vincent plus the nearby little Grenadine islands.
