Virgin Islands

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

the Virgin Islands

1. An archipelago in 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)
• 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