United States Virgin Islands

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Etymology

Named by Christopher Columbus after Saint Ursula and her virgin followers.

Proper noun

the United States Virgin Islands

2. An archipelago and dependent territory of the United States, part of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. Official name: Virgin Islands of the United States.

Synonyms

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

Translations

a US overseas territory in the Caribbean

Arabic: جزر العذراء الأمريكية f pl (juzur al-ʕaḏrāʔ al-ʔamrīkiyya), جزر العذراء التابعة الولايات المتحدة f pl Breton: Inizi Gwerc'h Stadunanat f pl Catalan: Illes Verges Americanes (ca) f pl Cherokee: ᎠᏒᏂᎸᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᏚᎦᏚᏛ ᎾᎿ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᎵᎪᎯ ᏗᏍᎦᏚᎩ pl (asvnilvnigesvna dugadudv nahna nasgi unaligohi disgadugi) Chinese: Mandarin: 美屬維爾京群島 / 美属维尔京群岛 (zh) (Měi shǔ Wéi'ěrjīng qúndǎo) Corsican: Isuli Vergini statunitensi f pl, Isuli Vergini di i Stati Uniti f pl Danish: Amerikanske Jomfruøer Dutch: Amerikaanse Maagdeneilanden (nl) pl Esperanto: Usonaj Virgulinsuloj Estonian: USA Neitsisaared pl French: îles Vierges des États-Unis (fr) f pl, îles Vierges américaines (fr) f pl German: Amerikanische Jungferninseln (de) f pl Greek: Αμερικανικές Παρθένοι Νήσοι f pl (Amerikanikés Parthénoi Nísoi) Hungarian: Amerikai Virgin-szigetek (hu) Irish: Oileáin Mheiriceánacha na Maighdean m pl Italian: Isole Vergini statunitensi f pl, Isole Vergini degli Stati Uniti f pl Japanese: アメリカ領ヴァージン諸島 (Amerika-ryō Vājin-shotō), アメリカ合衆国領ヴァージン諸島 (Amerika Gasshūkoku-ryō Vājin-shotō) Korean: 미국령 버진아일랜드 (Migungnyeong Beojin-aillaendeu) Lao: ໝູ່ເກາະເວີຈິນຂອງສະຫະລັດ (mū kǫ wœ̄ chin khǭng sa ha lat), ໝູ່ເກາະເວີຈິນຂອງສະຫະລັດອາເມລິກາ (mū kǫ wœ̄ chin khǭng sa ha lat ʼā mē li kā) Latin: Virgineae insulae Civitatum Foederatarum f pl Latvian: ASV Virdžīnas f pl Macedonian: Американски Девствени Острови m pl (Amerikanski Devstveni Ostrovi) Norwegian: Bokmål: De amerikanske Jomfruøyer pl Nynorsk: Dei amerikanske Jomfruøyane pl Occitan: Illas Verges Americanas f pl, Illas Verges dels Estats Units f pl Polish: Wyspy Dziewicze Stanów Zjednoczonych (pl) f pl Portuguese: Ilhas Virgens Americanas (pt) f pl Romanian: Insulele Virgine Americane f pl Russian: Америка́нские Вирги́нские о́строва (ru) m pl (Amerikánskije Virgínskije óstrova) Scots: Unitit States Virgin Islands pl, Virgin Islands o the Unitit States pl, American Virgin Islands pl Spanish: Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos (es) f pl, Islas Vírgenes Americanas Swedish: Amerikanska Jungfruöarna (sv) c pl Thai: หมู่เกาะเวอร์จินของสหรัฐ (mùu-gɔ̀-wəə-jîn-kɔ̌ɔng-sà-hà-rát), หมู่เกาะเวอร์จินของสหรัฐอเมริกา Turkish: ABD Virgin Adaları Ukrainian: Америка́нські Віргі́нські Острови́ (Amerykánsʹki Virhínsʹki Ostrový) Vietnamese: quần đảo Vơ-gin thuộc Mĩ

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)

States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming

Federal district: Washington, D.C.

Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands