English Explanatory Dictionary

Danish West Indies

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A former colony of Denmark in the Caribbean, so named until it was sold to the United States in 1917, since when it has been known as the United States Virgin Islands.

Word forms

Danish West Indies the Danish West Indies
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