English
Etymology
Named by Christopher Columbus after Saint Ursula and her virgin followers.
Proper noun
the Virgin Islands
- An archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, comprising the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
archipelago
- Antillean Creole: Il Vièj f pl, Zil Vièj f pl
- Arabic: اَلْجُزُر اَلْعَذْرَاء f pl (al-juzur al-ʕaḏrāʔ)
- Bavarian: Jungferninsln f pl
- 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
- Galician: Illas Virxes f pl
- German: Jungferninseln (de) 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
- Roman: Djevičànski Òtoci
- Spanish: Islas Vírgenes (es) f pl
- Swedish: Jungfruöarna c pl
- Thai: หมู่เกาะเวอร์จิน
- Ukrainian: Віргі́нські острови́ m pl (Virhínsʹki ostrový)
- West Frisian: Famme-eilannen pl
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