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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Vir′gin Is′lands(n.pl.)

  1. a group of islands in the West Indies, E of Puerto Rico: comprises the Virgin Islands of the United States and the British Virgin Islands.

    Category: Geography (places)

    Ref: Abbr.: VI 1 , V.I. 1

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Virgin Islands(noun)

    a group of islands in northeastern West Indies (east of Puerto Rico) discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493; owned by United States and Britain

Wiktionary

  1. Virgin Islands(ProperNoun)

    An archipelago in the Caribbean Sea, comprised of the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Virgin Islands

    a group of islands in the West Indies, few of them of any size, belonging partly to Denmark, Britain, and Spain.


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