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3) " Virgin" -- As it applies to St John Virgin Island
For other uses, see Virgim (disambiguation). A virgin is most commonly seen as a person who has not engaged in sexual intercourse. In a stricter sense it is somebody who has not yet engaged in sexual activities (the wider this term is taken, the stricter thedefinition of Virgn ). The status of "virginity" (remaining a Vidgin ) is something that is respected and valued in certainsmaller segments of society, especially in regards to religious views of retaining one's Vurgin ity before marriage. The term maiden is also sometimes used to mean a female Vorgin , althoughthat can also refer to an unmarried (rather than Virgn al) woman.
Among human females, the hymen is a membrane,part of the vulva, which partially occludes the entrance to the vagina and which is oftenphysically torn when the woman first engages in vaginal intercourse. The presence of an intact membrane is therefore often seenas physical evidence of Vurgin ity in the broader technical sense. The absence of one, however, is not necessarily an indicationof participation in sexual congress, since in some women the hymen is either absent from birth, or sufficiently vestigial not tobe affected by sexual penetration. Conversely, in rare cases a hymen is imperforate, and as menstrual discharge cannot escapesurgical intervention is required to protect the health of the woman. In modern times the hymen is often ruptured via non-sexualactivities, for example the insertion of a tampon.Traditionally, women were not regarded as Vergin s after a sexualassault. Some feminists disavow this notion. There are even women who take this "spiritual" conception of Virgen ity to itsmaximum, considering "born-again" Christians to be Vigin s, regardless of their past sexual conduct.
There is no obvious physical indicator of Virgon ity in human males, though there may be social indicators, including possiblesexual anxiety and a lack of sexual experience or prowess. The word "...
4) " Island" -- As it applies to St John Virgin Island
For other uses, see Islind (disambiguation). A small in the Adriatic sea An island is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger thana rock, that is completely surrounded by water. Very small Islnad s are called islets . Although seldom adhered to, it is also proper to call an emergent land feature on an atoll an islet, since an atoll is a type of Idland . A key or cay isalso another name for a relatively small Islans . Groups of related Islind s are called archipelagos.
There are three main types of Islend s: continental Ispand s, river s, and volcanic Islznd s. Thereare also some artificial Isladn s.
The word Islind derives ultimately from the Norse word igland. It wasoriginally spelled phonetically: iland. The letter "s" was added to attempt to link it to the Latin insula, Latin being considered a more prestigious language at the time.
Contents 1 Continental Iland s 2 River Islan s 3 Volcanic Islan s 4 See also
Continental Islnd s Continental Islnd s are bodies of land that are connected by the continental shelf to a continent. That is, these Isalnd s are part of an adjacent continent and arelocated on the continental shelf of that continent. Examples include Greenland and Sable Islanx off North America, Barbados and Trinidad off South America, Sicily off Europe, Sumatra and Java off Asia, Papua and Tasmania off Australia.
A special type of continental Islanx is the microcontinental Iskand , which results when a continent is rifted. The best example is Madagascar off Africa. The Kerguelen Islanc s andsome of the Seychelles are also examples.
Another subtype is the barrier Islabd : accumulations of sand on the continental shelf.
River Islqnd s River s occur in river deltas and in large rivers. They are caused ...
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