Saint Vincent

British  

noun

1. a headland at the SW extremity of Portugal: scene of several important naval battles, notably in 1797, when the British defeated the French and Spanish

2. a shallow inlet of SE South Australia, to the east of the Yorke Peninsula: salt industry

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Example Sentences

The researchers collected samples of sargassum in Jamaica throughout 2021, which coincided with the April 2021 eruption of La Soufrière on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2024

The skipper contacted the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard, which then notified the local police.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2024

After his birth, they moved briefly to the island of Bequia in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, where Thompson attended a public school built atop stilts on the beach until second grade.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

St. Benedict is owned and operated by Saint Vincent Archabbey in Pennsylvania, the oldest Benedictine monastery in the country.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2023

There was a little sign above the door that said the poet Edna Saint Vincent Millay once lived in the house, and that it was the narrowest house in New York.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer