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How to pronounce “virgin”

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Pronunciation guide for virgin

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of virgin with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Points Guyfor a record label, Virgin AMI, which was very different,
Definition summary: A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.

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The Points Guy

for a record label, Virgin AMI, which was very different,

[Noun]
A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.
A person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all. [from mid-14th c.][1]
(Catholicism, Orthodoxy or historical) Someone vowed to virginity (usually a woman and often a consecrated virgin), or someone who died in defense of their virginity; (especially) one venerated as a saint. [from early 13th c.][2]
(informal) One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.
Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
(entomology) A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
[Adjective]
(usually not comparable) In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.
Of a physical object, untouched.
Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations.
Inexperienced.
Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.
(usually not comparable) Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.