Virgin Islands

English

Etymology

Named by Christopher Columbus after Saint Ursula and her virgin followers.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

the Virgin Islands

1. An archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, comprising the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands.

Synonyms

• VI, V.I., V. I. (abbreviations)

Derived terms

• British Virgin Islands
• Dutch Virgin Islands
• Puerto Rican Virgin Islands
• Spanish Virgin Islands
• United States Virgin Islands
• Virgin Islander

Translations

archipelago

• Antillean Creole: Il Vièj f pl, Zil Vièj f pl
• Arabic: اَلْجُزُر اَلْعَذْرَاء f pl (al-juzur al-ʕaḏrāʔ)
• Belarusian: Віргі́нскія вы́спы f pl (Virhínskija výspy)
• Breton: Inizi Gwerc'h f pl
• Catalan: illes Verges f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 維爾京群島 / 维尔京群岛 (zh) (Wéi'ěrjīng qúndǎo)

• Corsican: Isuli Vergini f pl, Isuli Verghjini f pl
• Danish: Jomfruøerne c pl
• Dutch: Maagdeneilanden (nl) pl
• Esperanto: Virgulinsuloj
• Estonian: Neitsisaared pl
• Finnish: Neitsytsaaret (fi)
• French: Îles Vierges f pl, îles Vierges (fr) f pl
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Famme-eilannen pl

• Galician: Illas Virxes f pl
• German: Jungferninseln (de) f pl

  Bavarian: Jungferninsln f pl

• Greek: Παρθένοι Νήσοι pl (Parthénoi Nísoi)
• Haitian Creole: Il Vyèj f pl, Il Vièj f pl
• Irish: Oileáin na Maighdean m pl
• Italian: Isole Vergini (it) f pl
• Japanese: ヴァージン諸島 (Vājin-shotō)
• Korean: 버진 제도 (Beojin jedo), 버진아일랜드 (beojinaillaendeu)
• Lao: ຫມູ່ເກາະເວີຈິນ (mū kǫ wœ̄ chin)
• Latin: Virgineae insulae f pl
• Macedonian: Де́вствени О́строви m pl (Dévstveni Óstrovi)
• Norman: Îles Vièrges f pl (Jersey)
• Occitan: Illas Verges f pl
• Portuguese: Ilhas Virgens f pl
• Russian: Вирги́нские острова́ m pl (Virgínskije ostrová)
• Sardinian: Ìsulas Vìrgines f pl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Дјевича̀нски О̀тоци

  Latin: Djevičànski Òtoci

• Spanish: Islas Vírgenes (es) f pl
• Swedish: Jungfruöarna c pl
• Thai: หมู่เกาะเวอร์จิน
• Ukrainian: Віргі́нські острови́ m pl (Virhínsʹki ostrový)