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St. Croix definition

St. Croix (kro̵i)

  1. largest island of the Virgin Islands of the U.S.: 83 sq mi (215 sq km); pop. 53,000
  2. river flowing from NW Wis. south along the Wis.-Minn. border into the Mississippi: c. 165 mi (266 km)

Etymology: < Fr saint croix, holy cross

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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