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Definition of American Virgin Islands

1. Noun. More than 130 southeastern Virgin Islands; a dependent territory of the United States.

Lexicographical Neighbors of American Virgin Islands

Literary usage of American Virgin Islands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Virgin Islands of the United States of America;: Historical and by Luther Kimbell Zabriskie (1918)
"... of the merchants in the American Virgin Islands are cautious in their business dealings, and as a consequence failures are comparatively infrequent. ..."

2. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1918)
"... including the Canal Zone and all territories and insular possessions of the United States except the American Virgin Islands, which at the time of ..."

3. Zur Hierarchie von Fremdenverkehrsgemeinden im bayerischen Alpenraum: Einzel by Eva Ambros, Alfred Neumann, Steven Cohen, Claire Walter (1986)
"Visitors should consider beforehand whether they want to go to the American Virgin Islands. called ..."

4. The Voyage of Sabra: An Ecological Cruise Through the Caribbean, with Extras by Michael L. Frankel (1990)
"THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS We headed eastward in a 15-knot wind reaching toward the Virgins and American Paradise. The American Virgin Islands are the first ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"... Heye Foundation, has returned to New York after a six months' archeo- logical survey of the Danish West Indies, now the American Virgin Islands. ..."

6. Six Years in Hammock Land: An Historical Sketch of the Lutheran Church in by Ralph Jerome White (1922)
"... in the Danish Islands, for they have since become the American Virgin Islands. In these islands the Lutheran faith was the State Religion and our United ..."

7. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"... all territories and insular possessions of the United States except the American Virgin Islands, which at the time of coming into such jurisdiction was ..."

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