Grenadines

[ gren-uh-deenz, gren-uh-deenz ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. a chain of about 600 islands in the E West Indies in the Windward Islands: a former British colony; now divided between Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Grenadines

/ ˈɡrɛnəˌdiːnz; ˌɡrɛnəˈdiːnz /

plural noun

1. the Grenadines
   a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou

Example Sentences

“In Guatemala, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, Nicaragua and Haiti, less than 20 percent of people have been fully vaccinated,” Barbosa said.

From Washington Post

There are quantities of Grenadines, but the majority are out of sight.

From Project Gutenberg

Elinor and I could just put on our blue grenadines, and you've got plenty of things in your other boxes.

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Augusta won't let us get out organdies, but we're determined on the blue grenadines.

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Grenada and the Grenadines, colonized by the French, first came into English possession under the treaty of 1763.

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Among the lighter textures, adapted for both day and evening wear, are some very pretty mousselines de soie, and grenadines.

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