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Virgin Islands
group of islands of the Leeward group in the West Indies, east of Puerto Rico, comprising the , easternmost islands of this group, constituting a British territory (59 sq mi, 153 sq km; pop. 17,000), & the , the islands of this group closest to Puerto Rico, constituting a territory of the U.S. (134 sq mi, 347 sq km; pop. 109,000; cap. Charlotte Amalie: abbrev. VI)
See Virgin Islands in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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