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Definition of Grenadines
1. Proper noun. A group of small islands in the Caribbean, divided between the larger islands of Grenada and Saint Vincent. ¹
2. Noun. (plural of grenadine) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grenadines
1. grenadine [n] - See also: grenadine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grenadines
Literary usage of Grenadines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington, Smithsonian Institution (1908)
"From Union Island (one of the grenadines) southern Lesser Antilles, adult c<\ No.
12978, coll. of EA & 0. Bangs. Collected April 9, 1904, by Austin H. Clark ..."
2. A Guide to the West Indies, Bermuda and Panama by Frederick Albion Ober (1920)
"GRENADA AND THE grenadines Physical Characteristics. They have character enough,
those low-lying grenadines, which we first encounter to the southward of ..."
3. Transatlantic Sketches, Comprising Visits to the Most Interesting Scenes in by James Edward Alexander (1833)
"Sail past the grenadines. ... next day we had baffling winds, but had an opportunity
of seeing the grenadines extending between Grenada and St. Vincent's. ..."
4. Caribbean by Barbara Ender-Jones (2001)
"P Kingstown, Caribbean Coast, Atlantic Coast, La Soufriere, The grenadines St
Vincent surges from the sea like a comet, capped by a simmering volcano and ..."
5. The West Indies: A History of the Islands of the West Indian Archipelago by Amos Kidder Fiske (1899)
"They are called the grenadines, and statements of their number range from three
hundred to six hundred, ..."
6. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"In the Tarare Court there were beautiful embroidered curtains of white and coloured
muslins, of grenadines and ..."
7. Universal Geography: Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1826)
"The English island of Grenada is situated near the grenadines; its population
amounts to 31272 souls; there were, in the year 1815, 29381 slaves, ..."
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