Saint Kitts

British  

/ kɪts /

noun

1. Also called: Saint Christopher.  an island in the E Caribbean, in the Leeward Islands: part of the state of St Kitts-Nevis. Capital: Basseterre. Pop: 34 703 (2001). Area: 168 sq km (65 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Rubio will be the highest-ranking US official ever to visit Saint Kitts and Nevis, a former British colony of around 50,000 people that is among the world's smallest countries.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

For years, Ver has recommended other wealthy people consider citizenship in the small Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, which has no individual income tax.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

But as Mexico and the U.S. got better, playing group-play matches against the likes of Saint Kitts and Nevis or Martinique every other year ceased to be a challenge.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

Within the past year, political leaders in the Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda have all indicated their plans to review their positions as constitutional monarchies.

From BBC • May 8, 2023

In July 1766, Washington wrote to a ship’s captain sailing for the Caribbean island of Saint Kitts, explaining that he wanted one of his enslaved men to be sold.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis