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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 ofGrenada and Saint Vincent.
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But Abeni, who blogs from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, is at the stage where she is dreaming about pigs, virus giving pigs.
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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
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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
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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").
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Between 1960 and 1962, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was a separate administrative unit of the Federation of the West Indies.
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Between 1960 and 1962, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was a separate administrative unit of the Federation of the West Indies.
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Between 1960 and 1962, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was a separate administrative unit of the Federation of the West Indies.
Background 2008
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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
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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
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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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