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单词 virgin islands
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Virgin Islands


plural noun

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. Abbreviation: V.I., VI

Words nearby Virgin Islands

Virginia reel, Virginia snakeroot, Virginia stock, Virginia willow, virginibus puerisque, Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands National Park, Virgin Islands of the United States, virginity, virginium, Virgin Mary
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British Dictionary definitions for Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands

pl n

a group of about 100 small islands (14 inhabited) in the Caribbean, east of Puerto Rico: discovered by Columbus (1493); consists of the British Virgin Islands in the east and the Virgin Islands of the United States in the west and south. Pop: 136 649 (2013 est). Area: 497 sq km (192 sq miles)
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Cultural definitions for Virgin Islands

Virgin Islands

Islands in the Caribbean Sea, east of Puerto Rico, owned by the United States and Britain.

notes for Virgin Islands

Christopher Columbus discovered the Virgin Islands in 1493.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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