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UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS
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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 ("United States 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)
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