Vincent
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈvɪnsənt//
A male given name from Latin.
proper noun
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A male given name from Latin.
Starry starry night. Flaming flowers that brightly blaze Swirling clouds in violet haze Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue.
Even their names hinted at a childishness they would never grow out of. When Vincent himself was grown-up, he wondered if this was why they had given their unlooked-for son such a mature name - although later still Vincent suspected that he might have been named for the Vincent Rapide motorbike. As with most things to do with Billy and Georgie, it was too late to ask.
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A surname originating as a patronymic.
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A number of places in the United States: A city in Shelby County, St. Clair County and Talladega County, Alabama.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California.
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A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Webster County, Iowa.
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A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Osborne County, Kansas.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Owsley County, Kentucky.
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Barlow Township, Washington County, Ohio.
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A settlement in Aquin commune, Sud department, Haiti.
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A former commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, now part of Vincent-Froideville commune.
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A suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
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A local government area in Perth, Western Australia; in full, the City of Vincent.
Etymology
Borrowed from French Vincent, from Latin Vincentius, from vincēns (“conquering”), from the verb vincō.
Forms
- plural
- Vincents
Vincent · A male given name from Latin.
Vincenzo · A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Vincent.vine · Any plant whose stem requires support and which climbs by…Vine · A surname.