DeCS

Descritor em português:

Ilhas Virgens Americanas

Descritor em inglês:

United States Virgin Islands

Descritor em espanhol:

Islas Virgenes de los Estados Unidos

Espanhol da Espanha

Descritor	Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos
Nota de escopo:	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.

Descritor em francês:

Iles Vierges des États-Unis

Termo(s) alternativo(s):

Virgin Islands of the United States

Código(s) hierárquico(s):

Z01.107.084.900.970
Z01.639.880.970

Identificador Único RDF:

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

Nota de escopo:

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.

Nota de indexação:

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

Identificador do conceito	M0022740
Nota de escopo	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.
Termo preferido	United States Virgin Islands
Termo(s) alternativo(s)	Virgin Islands of the United States

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