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Saint Vincent

An island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the central Windward Islands of the West Indies. Visited by Columbus in 1498, the island proved difficult to colonize due to strong resistance from its Carib inhabitants. The British established a settlement in the mid-1700s and held the island, except for a brief occupation by the French (1779-1783), thereafter, finally defeating the Caribs in 1797.

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Saint Vincent, Cape

A promontory at the southwest extremity of Portugal. Prince Henry the Navigator established (c. 1420) an observatory and a school of navigation nearby.

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Saint Vincent

n usually abbreviated to St Vincent

1. (Placename) Cape. 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. (Placename) Gulf. a shallow inlet of SE South Australia, to the east of the Yorke Peninsula: salt industry

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Saint Vincent - an island in the center of the Windward Islands; the largest of the islands comprising Saint Vincent and the Grenadines St. Vincent Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vincent and the Grenadines - an island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979 Kingstown - the capital of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; on Saint Vincent