Danish West Indies

English

Proper noun

Danish West Indies

(historical) A former colony of Denmark, in the Caribbean, so-named until it was sold to the USA in 1917, since when it has been known as the United States Virgin Islands.

Translations

former colony

Danish: Dansk Vestindien, De Danskvestindiske Øer
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Dansk Vestindia

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