/ English Dictionary |
AMERICAN VIRGIN ISLANDS
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
More than 130 southeastern Virgin Islands; a dependent territory of the United States
Synonyms:
American Virgin Islands; United States Virgin Islands; VI
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
possession (a territory that is controlled by a ruling state)
Holonyms ("American Virgin Islands" is a part of...):
Virgin Islands (a group of islands in northeastern West Indies (east of Puerto Rico) discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1493; owned by United States and Britain)