Virgin Islands

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Etymology

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

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Proper noun

the Virgin Islands

  1. An archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, comprising the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands.

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