U.S. Virgin Islands
| English name | Local name (English) | Swedish name |
|---|---|---|
| Virgin Islands | Jungfruöarna | |
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Famous quotes containing the words virgin and/or islands:
“The Virgin filled so enormous a space in the life and thought of the time that one stands now helpless before the mass of testimony to her direct action and constant presence in every moment and form of the illusion which men thought they thought their existence.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)
“What are the islands to me
if you are lost
what is Naxos, Tinos, Andros,
and Delos, the clasp
of the white necklace?”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)