Virgin Islands

[vur-jin ahy-luhndz]

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the West Indies, east of Puerto Rico: comprises the Virgin Islands of the United States and the British Virgin Islands. VI (for use with zip code), V.I.

Virgin Islands

plural noun

1. a group of about 100 small islands (14 inhabited) in the Caribbean, east of Puerto Rico: discovered by Columbus (1493); consists of the British Virgin Islands in the east and the Virgin Islands of the United States in the west and south. Pop: 136 649 (2013 est). Area: 497 sq km (192 sq miles)

Virgin Islands

1. Islands in the Caribbean Sea, east of Puerto Rico, owned by the United States and Britain.

Christopher Columbus discovered the Virgin Islands in 1493.