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  2. Saint Croix - Wikipedia

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    Previously, the official language was Danish, but it was not widely spoken. Other languages spoken throughout St. Croix's colonial history have included Irish, Scots, Spanish, and French, as well as a now-extinct Dutch Creole spoken by St. Thomas and St. John-born people living in St. Croix, as well as the local Creole English that still exists ...

  3. Virgin Islands Creole - Wikipedia

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    Virgin Islands Creole, or Virgin Islands Creole English, is an English-based creole consisting of several varieties spoken in the Virgin Islands and the nearby SSS islands of Saba, Saint Martin and Sint Eustatius, where it is known as Saban English, Saint Martin English, and Statian English, respectively.

  4. Danish West Indies - Wikipedia

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    The Danish West Indies (Danish: Dansk Vestindien) or Danish Virgin Islands (Danish: Danske Jomfruøer) or Danish Antilles were a Danish colony in the Caribbean, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas with 83 square kilometres (32 sq mi); Saint John (Danish: St. Jan) with 49 square kilometres (19 sq mi); and Saint Croix with 220 square kilometres (85 sq mi).

  5. List of place names of French origin in the United States

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    St. Croix Falls (after the St. Croix ("Holy Cross") river, named c. 1689) St. Croix County; Superior (from Lake Superior / Lac Supérieur - meaning "upper" in this context) Theresa (named for Thérèse Galarneau Juneau, the mother of Solomon Juneau, French-Canadian fur trader and a founder of Milwaukee)

  6. Saint Croix Island, Maine - Wikipedia

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    Saint Croix Island (French: Île Sainte-Croix), long known to locals as Dochet Island (/ ˈ d u ʃ eɪ /), is a small uninhabited island in Maine near the mouth of the Saint Croix River that forms part of the Canada–United States border separating Maine from New Brunswick.

  7. Flag of the United States Virgin Islands - Wikipedia

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    The yellow-colored eagle holds a sprig of laurel in one talon, [1] which symbolizes victory, and three blue arrows in the other (unlike the thirteen arrows in the US coat of arms), which represent the three major islands that make up the U.S. Virgin Islands: Saint Croix, Saint Thomas, and Saint John. [2]

  8. British Virgin Islands - Wikipedia

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    The islands were named "Santa Úrsula y las Once Mil Vírgenes" by Christopher Columbus in 1493 after the legend of Saint Ursula and the 11,000 virgins. [3] [5] The name was later shortened to "the Virgin Islands". [3] The official name of the territory is still simply the "Virgin Islands", but the prefix "British" is often used.

  9. Spanish Virgin Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish Virgin Islands (Spanish: Islas Vírgenes Españolas), [1] [2] formerly called the Passage Islands (Spanish: Islas del Pasaje), commonly known as the Puerto Rican Virgin Islands (Spanish: Islas Vírgenes Puertorriqueñas), consist of the islands of Vieques and Culebra, located between the main island of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the northeastern Caribbean. [3]