US Virgin Islands

See also: U.S. Virgin Islands and U. S. Virgin Islands

English

The United States Virgin Islands highlighted in the Caribbean

Etymology

From US +‎ Virgin Islands (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “When/how was this terminology generated?”)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

US Virgin Islands

A group of islands in the Caribbean that is a territory of the United States. Official name: Virgin Islands of the United States.
- 2003, Clinton, Hillary Rodham, “Third Way”, in Living History‎, →ISBN, OCLC 249479603, page 437:
  I looked forward to seeing our friends and loved the long, serious conversations at Renaissance. But I needed some rest, and I was eager for the four days we had planned on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands after New Year’s.

Synonyms

United States Virgin Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands / U. S. Virgin Islands
U.S.V.I. / U.S. V.I. / USVI / US VI / U. S. V. I. (abbreviations)

Hypernyms

Usonia, Usania

Translations

islands

Arabic: الجزر العذراء الأمريكية‎ f pl (al-juzur al-ʿaḏrāʾ al-ʾamrīkiyya)
Bengali: মার্কিন ভার্জিন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ (markin bharjin dvīppuñj)
Breton: Inizi Gwerc'h Stadunanat f pl, Inizi Gwerc'h ar Stadoù-Unanet f pl
Bulgarian: Вирджински острови (Virdžinski ostrovi)
Corsican: Isuli Vergini statunitensi f pl
Danish: Amerikanske Jomfruøer c pl
Dutch: Amerikaanse Maagdeneilanden (nl)
Esperanto: Usonaj Virgulininsuloj
Estonian: USA Neitsisaared pl, Ühendriikide Neitsisaared pl
Finnish: Yhdysvaltain Neitsytsaaret (fi)
French: Iles Vierges américaines
German: Amerikanische Jungferninseln
Greek: Αμερικανικές Παρθένοι Νήσοι f pl (Amerikanikés Parthénoi Nísoi)
Hebrew: איי הבתולה האמריקניים‎ (Iyey ha-Btula ha-Americaniyim)
Hungarian: Amerikai Virgin-szigetek (hu)
Italian: Isole Vergini americane f pl, Isole Vergini statunitensi f pl
Japanese: アメリカ領ヴァージン諸島 (Amerika-ryō Vājin toshō), 米領ヴァージン諸島 (Beiryō Vājin toshō)
Norwegian: Amerikanske Jomfruøyene pl
Polish: Wyspy Dziewicze Stanów Zjednoczonych (pl)
Portuguese: Ilhas Virgens Americanas (pt) f pl
Romanian: Insulele Virgine Americane f pl
Russian: Америка́нские Вирги́нские острова́ (ru) m pl (Amerikánskije Virgínskije ostrová)
Scots: Unitit States Virgin Islands
Spanish: Islas Vírgenes Americanas
Swedish: Amerikanska Jungfruöarna (sv) c pl
Turkish: ABD Virgin Adaları