Saint Croix

British  

/ krɔɪ /

noun

1. Also called: Santa Cruz.  an island in the Caribbean, the largest of the Virgin Islands of the US: purchased from Denmark by the US in 1917. Chief town: Christiansted. Pop: 53 234 (2000). Area: 207 sq km (80 sq miles)

---

Example Sentences

In response, state wildlife officials and scientists have suggested moving a portion of some species struggling with climate change, including the Key deer of southern Florida, the Karner blue butterfly of the Midwest and Northeast, desert flowers in Nevada and California, and the Saint Croix ground lizard in the Virgin Islands.

From Washington Post

With a watershed that covers about 7,600 square miles, the Saint Croix is one of the original eight U.S. rivers designated as part of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

From Scientific American

While parts of the river are still “considered impaired” because of agricultural runoff, Sickmann says the Saint Croix’s “world class mussel population” is helping because these bivalves are living water purifiers.

From Scientific American

“In the short term, without oil refining and its constant belching of toxic byproducts, the people of Saint Croix will breathe easier,” he said.

From Washington Post

Which means there’s as much relevance in an Ingres drawing or Bonnard painting as in Mr. De Saint Croix’s ecological installations or Ms. Rasheed’s textual collages, insofar as each offers us just a glimpse of human freedom — that promise that every day now we feel slipping away from us, and that we still cannot do without.

From New York Times