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Danish West Indies
Danish West Indies pl n (Placename) the former possession of Denmark in the W Lesser Antilles, sold to the US in 1917. Name since 1917: Virgin Islands of the United States Vir′gin Is′lands of the Unit′ed States′
n.pl. a group of islands in the West Indies, including St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix: purchased from Denmark 1917. 110,000; 133 sq. mi. (345 sq. km). Cap.: Charlotte Amalie. Formerly, Danish West Indies. Danish West Indies
Danish West Indies: see Virgin IslandsVirgin Islands,
group of about 100 small islands, West Indies, E of Puerto Rico. The islands are divided politically between the United States and Great Britain. Although constituting the westernmost part of the Lesser Antilles, the Virgin Islands form a geological unit with
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