US Virgin Islands

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US Virgin Islands

1. A group of islands in the Caribbean that is a territory of the United States. Official name: Virgin Islands of the United States.
   • 2003, Clinton, Hillary Rodham, “Third Way”, in Living History‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 437:

     I looked forward to seeing our friends and loved the long, serious conversations at Renaissance. But I needed some rest, and I was eager for the four days we had planned on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands after New Year’s.

• United States Virgin Islands
• U.S. Virgin Islands / U. S. Virgin Islands
• U.S.V.I. / U.S. V.I. / USVI / US VI / U. S. V. I. (abbreviations)

• Usonia, Usania

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