Saint Ber·nard (bər-närd)
n. Any of a breed of large strong dog developed in Switzerland, having a thick brown and white coat, originally used by monks of the hospice of Saint Bernard in the Swiss Alps to help patrol the snow-covered region. Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Ne·vis (kĭts; nēvĭs, něvĭs) also Saint Chris·to·pher-Ne·vis (krĭstə-fər-nēvĭs, -něvĭs)
An island country in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies east-southeast of Puerto Rico comprising Saint Kitts, the largest island of the group, and the islands of Nevis and Sombrero. The main islands were visited by Columbus in 1493 and settled by the English and the French in the early 1600s, being officially awarded to Great Britain by the 1783 Treaty of Paris. They were part of the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962 and in 1967 joined in a short-lived association with Anguilla. St. Kitts and Nevis became independent in 1983. Basseterre, on St. Kitts, is the capital. Population: 41,000.

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