Saint Croix

Saint Croix

geographical name \sānt-ˈkrȯi, sənt-\

Definition of SAINT CROIX

1

river 129 miles (208 kilometers) Canada & United States between New Brunswick & Maine

2

river 164 miles (264 kilometers) NW Wisconsin & E Minnesota flowing into the Mississippi

3

or San·ta Cruz \ˌsan-tə-ˈkrüz\ island W. Indies, largest of the Virgin Islands of the United States area 80 square miles (208 square kilometers), pop 53,234; chief town Christiansted

Rhymes with SAINT CROIX

ahoy, alloy, annoy, bad boy, ball boy, batboy, B-boy, beachboy, bellboy, bell buoy, best boy, big boy, bok choy, borzoi, boy toy, busboy, callboy, carboy, charpoy, choirboy, convoy, cowboy, decoy, deploy, destroy, doughboy, employ, enjoy, envoy, flyboy, footboy, Hanoi, hautbois, highboy, homeboy, houseboy, killjoy, Khoikhoi, life buoy, linkboy, lowboy, McCoy, newsboy, old boy, page boy, playboy, plowboy, po'boy, postboy, potboy, Quemoy, Rob Roy, Savoy, schoolboy, sepoy, stock boy, tallboy, tatsoi, teapoy, Tolstoy, tomboy, travois, viceroy

Saint Croix

   (Concise Encyclopedia)

Largest island (pop., 2002 est.: 53,898) of the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is located south of Saint Thomas and has an area of 84 sq mi (218 sq km). Its capital is Christiansted; the town of Frederiksted is the commercial centre. In 1493 it was visited by Christopher Columbus, who named it Santa Cruz. In the mid-17th century it was colonized in turn by the Dutch, the English, the Spanish, and the French. It was purchased by Denmark in 1733 and sold to the U.S. in 1917. In 1989 it was devastated by a hurricane but recovered with U.S. aid. Tourism is the main industry; rum is distilled and exported.