US Virgin Islands

English

Etymology

From US + Virgin Islands, named by Christopher Columbus after Saint Ursula and her virgin followers.

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US Virgin Islands

  1. A group of islands in the Caribbean that is a territory of the United States. Official name: Virgin Islands of the United States.
    • 2003, Hillary Rodham Clinton, “Third Way”, in Living History, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 437:
      I looked forward to seeing our friends and loved the long, serious conversations at Renaissance. But I needed some rest, and I was eager for the four days we had planned on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands after New Year’s.

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  • Countries and territories of the world
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