Virgin Islands

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Virgin Islands

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

Translations

archipelago

Arabic: اَلْجُزُر اَلْعَذْرَاء‎ f pl (al-juzur al-ʿaḏrāʾ)
Belarusian: Віргі́нскія вы́спы f pl (Virhínskija výspy)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 維爾京群島 (zh), 维尔京群岛 (zh) (Wéi'ěrjīng qúndǎo)
Danish: Jomfruøerne c pl
Dutch: Maagdeneilanden (nl) pl
Esperanto: Virgulinsuloj
Estonian: Neitsisaared pl
Finnish: Neitsytsaaret
French: Îles Vierges f pl
German: Jungferninseln f pl
Greek: Παρθένοι Νήσοι pl (Parthénoi Nísoi)
Italian: Isole Vergini (it) f pl

Japanese: ヴァージン諸島 (Vājin-shotō)
Korean: 버진 제도 (Beojin jedo)
Macedonian: Де́вствени О́строви m pl (Dévstveni Óstrovi)
Norman: Îles Vièrges f pl (Jersey)
Portuguese: Ilhas Virgens f pl
Russian: Вирги́нские острова́ m pl (Virgínskije ostrová)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Дјевича̀нски О̀тоци

Roman: Djevičànski Òtoci
Spanish: Islas Vírgenes (es) f pl
Swedish: Jungfruöarna c pl
Ukrainian: Віргі́нські острови́ m pl (Virhínsʹki ostrový)

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