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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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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- noun an island in the center of the Windward Islands; the largest of the islands comprising Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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The Conference welcomed the decision yesterday of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to become the 150th nation to ratify the CTBT.
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Return to Saint Vincent and the Grenadine's country profile
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It is located north/northeast of the islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique.
Saint Lucia 2009
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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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At Saint Vincent I was charged $71 for a 250 mcg injection of the same.
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Saint Luciageneral assessment: adequate system domestic: system is automatically switched international: country code - 1-758; the East Caribbean Fiber Optic System (ECFS) and Southern Caribbean fiber optic system (SCF) submarine cables, along with Intelsat from Martinique, carry calls internationally; direct microwave radio relay link with Martinique and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; tropospheric scatter to Barbados
Telephone system 2008
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BarbadosUS 27.6%, Trinidad and Tobago 15%, UK 10.2%, Saint Lucia 7%, Jamaica 6.5%, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.3% (2006)
Exports-partners 2008
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Grenadathe administration of the islands of the Grenadines group is divided between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada
Geography-note 2008
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Exportspartners: US 27.6%, Trinidad and Tobago 15%, UK 10.2%, Saint Lucia 7%, Jamaica 6.5%, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.3% (2006)
Barbados 2008
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Telephone system: general assessment: adequate system domestic: system is automatically switched international: country code - 1-758; the East Caribbean Fiber Optic System (ECFS) and Southern Caribbean fiber optic system (SCF) submarine cables, along with Intelsat from Martinique, carry calls internationally; direct microwave radio relay link with Martinique and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; tropospheric scatter to Barbados
Saint Lucia 2008
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