Virgin means "pure" or "untouched". Uses include:

• Virgin, a person or animal that has not yet engaged in sexual intercourse.
• Virgin, a term used by beekeepers to refer to young emerged queen bees that have not yet mated.
• The Virgin, an epithet for Mary, the mother of Jesus. Sometimes the epithet "virgin" is applied, particularly in languages other than English, to other women in Christianity who were considered particularly pure.
• The Virgin, an alternate English name for the constellation Virgo.
• Virgin, one of the classes of olive oil, referring to high quality cold pressed oil with low acidity. Extra virgin is the highest class, cold pressed from the best preselected olives, with no bruising or faults, and with a final acidity less than 1%.

Virgin can also refer to:

• Virgin, the brand name for most of the the companies in the Virgin Group, the British corporate banner encompassing Sir Richard Branson's various business ventures, including Virgin Atlantic Airways and Virgin Megastores. It also remains the brand name of several former Branson businesses that have been sold off, such as Virgin Records.
• Virgin, a Polish rock band.

See also

• Virginia
• Virgin Islands