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?”)

Proper noun

US Virgin Islands

1. 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^[1], →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.

Translations

islands

• Arabic: الجزر العذراء الأمريكية‎ f pl (al-juzur al-ʿaḏrāʾ al-ʾamrīkiyya)
• Bengali: মার্কিন ভার্জিন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ (markin bharjin dbippuñj)
• 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

Pronunciation

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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

See also

• Countries and territories of the world