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Virgin Islands

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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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"Virgin Islands" Quotes from Famous Books

... description under United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina ...

— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... 5122). (13) The term "personnel'' means officers and employees. (14) The term "Secretary'' means the Secretary of Homeland Security. (15) The term "State'' means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any possession of the United States. (16) The term "terrorism'' means any activity that— (A) involves an act that— (i) is dangerous to human life or potentially destructive of critical ...

— Homeland Security Act of 2002 - Updated Through October 14, 2008 • Committee on Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives

... toward the Negro race from the Great Powers, the making of strong representations to the Peace Conference then sitting in Paris in behalf of the Negroes throughout the world, and the laying down of principles on which the future development of the race must take place. Meanwhile the cession of the Virgin Islands had fixed attention upon an interesting colored population at the very door of the United States; and the American occupation of Hayti culminating in the killing of many of the people in the course of President Wilson's second administration gave a new feeling of kinship for ...

— A Social History of the American Negro • Benjamin Brawley

... Natural resources: negligible Land use: arable land 20%; permanent crops 7%; meadows and pastures 33%; forest and woodland 7%; other 33% Environment: subject to hurricanes and tropical storms from July to October Note: strong ties to nearby US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico ...

— The 1992 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

Words linked to "Virgin Islands" : the Indies, British Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands National Park, vi, West Indies, island