Definition of "Vincent"

Vincent

/ˈvɪnsənt/

proper noun
countable and uncountable, plural Vincents
1. (countable) A male given name from Latin.
  Quotations
  Starry starry night. / Flaming flowers that brightly blaze / Swirling clouds in violet haze / Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue.
  1971, Don McLean, "Vincent" (song)
  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.
  2002, Kate Atkinson, Not the End of the World, Doubleday, page 203
2. (countable) A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A number of places in the United States:
  1. A city in Shelby County, St. Clair County and Talladega County, Alabama.
  2. A census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California.
  3. A minor city in Webster County, Iowa.
  4. A ghost town in Osborne County, Kansas.
  5. An unincorporated community in Owsley County, Kentucky.
  6. A census-designated place in Barlow Township, Washington County, Ohio.
4. A settlement in Aquin commune, Sud department, Haiti.
5. A former commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, now part of Vincent-Froideville commune.
6. A suburb in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
7. The City of Vincent, a local government area in Perth, Western Australia .