DeCS

Descriptor English:

United States Virgin Islands

Descriptor Spanish:

Islas Virgenes de los Estados Unidos

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos
Scope note:	Grupo de islas de las Antillas Menores en las Indias Occidentales. Las tres islas principales son Santa Cruz, Santo Tomás y San Juan. La capital es Charlotte Amalie. Antes de 1917 las Islas Vírgenes de Estados Unidos eran posesión de Dinamarca y recibían la denominación de Indias Occidentales Danesas, pero el nombre fue cambiado cuando los Estados Unidos las adquirieron por compra.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Ilhas Virgens Americanas

Descriptor French:

Iles Vierges des États-Unis

Entry term(s):

Virgin Islands of the United States

Tree number(s):

Z01.107.084.900.970
Z01.639.880.970

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014767

Scope note:

A group of islands in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, the three main islands being St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John. The capital is Charlotte Amalie. Before 1917 the U.S. Virgin Islands were held by the Danish and called the Danish West Indies but the name was changed when the United States acquired them by purchase.

Annotation:

a group of islands in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies; do not confuse with the British Virgin Islands to their north ( = VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH see WEST INDIES); DF: VIRGIN ISLANDS

Concept UI	M0022740
Scope note	A group of islands in the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, the three main islands being St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John. The capital is Charlotte Amalie. Before 1917 the U.S. Virgin Islands were held by the Danish and called the Danish West Indies but the name was changed when the United States acquired them by purchase.
Preferred term	United States Virgin Islands
Entry term(s)	Virgin Islands of the United States

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