Virgin Islands

American  

[vur-jin ahy-luhndz] / ˈvɜr dʒɪn ˈaɪ ləndz /

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.

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Virgin Islands British  

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)

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Virgin Islands Cultural  

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

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Christopher Columbus discovered the Virgin Islands in 1493.

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Virgin Islands

There was initially a tsunami threat advisory issued along the coast of Venezuela, and parts of the Caribbean, including the US Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

His mother, Valborg, who had emigrated from St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, worked as a domestic; his father, Walter, who had emigrated from St. Croix, was a petty officer in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

Born to parents who moved to New York from the US Virgin Islands, Rollins incorporated some of the inflections of his heritage into his jazz.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

Walter Theodore Rollins was born Sept. 7, 1930, at his grandmother’s house in Harlem, the youngest of three children to parents who had immigrated from the Virgin Islands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

My father only told me that she’s here, in the Virgin Islands, on Saint Thomas—not that she’s alive.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender