Proper noun
Danish West Indies
(historical) A former colony of Denmark, in the Caribbean, so-named until it was sold to the USA in 1917, since when it has been known as the United States Virgin Islands.
Peaceful decolonization began with the purchase by the United States of Louisiana from France in 1803, Florida from Spain in 1819, of Alaska from Russia in 1867, and the Danish West Indies from Denmark in 1916. Source: Internet
Before the time of the Danish West Indies (1754–1917), the city was known as Taphus for its many beer halls. Source: Internet
I attended a Transfer Day celebration at the Lawaetz House on St Croix in 2014 and, as I listened to dignitaries from both the Virgin Islands and Denmark, I wondered what it had been like to live in the Danish West Indies in the 1800s. Source: Internet