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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • An archipelago in the Windward Islands of the eastern Caribbean Sea. The southern islands are part of Grenada; the other islands are part of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

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  • proper noun A group of small islands in the Caribbean, divided between the larger islands of Grenada and Saint Vincent.

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Examples

  • But Abeni, who blogs from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, is at the stage where she is dreaming about pigs, virus giving pigs.

    Global Voices in English » Caribbean: When Pigs Fly? 2009

  • Adonal David Foyle born March 9, 1975, in Canouan, St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a Vincentian-American professional basketball player currently playing for the Orlando Magic.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball Jack Canfield 2009

  • Adonal David Foyle born March 9, 1975, in Canouan, St. Vincent and the Grenadines is a Vincentian-American professional basketball player currently playing for the Orlando Magic.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball Jack Canfield 2009

  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a Caribbean nation composed of a main island (St. Vincent) and a number of smaller Islands (two thirds of "the Grenadines").

    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2009

  • Between 1960 and 1962, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was a separate administrative unit of the Federation of the West Indies.

    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2009

  • Between 1960 and 1962, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was a separate administrative unit of the Federation of the West Indies.

    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2008

  • Between 1960 and 1962, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was a separate administrative unit of the Federation of the West Indies.

    Background 2008

  • The state includes the island of Grenada (120 sq mi/311 sq km) and the southern half of the archipelago known as the Grenadines, a group of largely uninhabitable small islands and islets north of Grenada in the Windward Islands.

    Grenada The World Factbook 2008

  • Between 1960 and 1962, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was a separate administrative unit of the Federation of the West Indies.

    The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Vincent and the Grenadines was a separate administrative unit of the

    The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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