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.

Example Sentences

Instead, he sketched and painted throughout the Virgin Islands and in Venezuela, at times with a Danish artist named Fritz Melbye.

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Virgin Islands government said in a 2020 lawsuit against the estate.

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Many of the most befuddling stocks reviewed by Barron’s are holding companies incorporated in the Cayman Islands or the British Virgin Islands with investors or subsidiaries that are also Caribbean holding companies.

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The company behind ClothOff is based in the British Virgin Islands and is believed by the Yale law group to be operated by people residing in Belarus.

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In Britain, Mr Chen and his accomplices allegedly incorporated businesses in the British Virgin Islands and invested in UK property.

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