Definition of St Kitts and Nevis in English:

• A country in the Caribbean consisting of two adjoining islands of the Leeward Islands; population 56,000 (estimated 2015); languages, English (official), Creole; capital, Basseterre (on St Kitts). Official name Federation of St Christopher and Nevis.

  圣基茨和尼维斯（加勒比海国家，由背风群岛的两个毗邻岛屿组成，2009年估计人口40, 100；语言英语 官方和克里奥耳语，首都巴斯特尔 位于圣基茨岛，官方名称圣克里斯托弗和尼维斯联邦）

St Kitts was visited in 1493 by Christopher Columbus. The islands were colonized by English settlers from 1623, becoming the first successful English colony in the West Indies. A self-governing union between St Kitts and Nevis (and briefly Anguilla) was created in 1967 and became a fully independent member of the Commonwealth in 1983