Danish West Indies

English

Proper noun

Danish West Indies

1. (historical) A former colony of Denmark, in the Caribbean, so named until it was sold to the United States in 1917, since when it has been known as the United States Virgin Islands.

Translations

former colony

• Danish: Dansk Vestindien, De Danskvestindiske Øer
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Dansk Vestindia