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ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979
Synonyms:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Meronyms (parts of "St. Vincent and the Grenadines"):
Saint Vincent; St. Vincent (an island in the center of the Windward Islands; the largest of the islands comprising Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Holonyms ("St. Vincent and the Grenadines" is a part of...):
Caribbean (region including the Caribbean Islands)
Windward Islands; Windward Isles (a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser Antilles)
Holonyms ("St. Vincent and the Grenadines" is a member of...):
OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)