Virgin Islands

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, comprising the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Virgin Islands the Virgin Islands

Etymology

Named by Christopher Columbus after Saint Ursula and her virgin followers.

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