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Virginia

Virginia

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A state in the eastern United States
  • proper noun
  • /vərˈdʒɪnɪə/
translation icon : Virginia
  • The state of Virginia is known for its beautiful mountains and rich history.
  • state of Virginia
  • Commonwealth of Virginia
  • University of Virginia

And then from Virginia back to Campinas.

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Examples

  • So we moved down to Virginia from New York.

  • I saw one this morning all the way up from Virginia.

  • I live in Virginia and guess what?

  • - We're headed to the national forest down in Virginia.

  • The Virginia Department of Education developed the Virginia Communication Literacy Assessment

    Academic text (2011)
  • I've traveled all the way here from Virginia.

  • The Virginia Reading Assessment became a licensure requirement in Virginia for elementary teacher education candidates in 2006.

    Academic text (2011)
  • There's a good deal of building going on in Virginia, and Everett's company has to meet the competition.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Pittsburgh on a 47-yard field goal leads Virginia 10-7.

  • Virginia, come here.

Synonyms

VA
vsVirginia
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A short form for Virginia, a US state on the east coast

is the full official name rather than an initialed short form
Old Dominion
vsVirginia
  • US
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A nickname for the state of Virginia in the United States

is the formal geographical name rather than an informal cultural label
Va.
vsVirginia
  • US
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A short form for the US state Virginia

is the full official name rather than an abbreviated written form
Old Dominion State
vsVirginia
  • US
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A nickname for the state of Virginia in the United States

is the official place name rather than a historical or informal nickname

Compounds

A city by the ocean in southeastern Virginia, United States, with long beaches and a boardwalk

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A small shrubby pine tree with twisted branches and short needles in pairs

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A lean dry-cured ham from Virginia with a smoky flavor

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A climbing plant with five leaflets on each stem and dark berries

The eastern part of the state of Virginia near the Atlantic Ocean

Virginia chain fern
  • Specialized
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A North American plant with chain-like leaves that grows in wetlands and wet woods

Virginia cowslip
  • Specialized
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A smooth upright plant from eastern North America with broad leaves and groups of blue flowers pink in bud

Virginia bluebell
  • Specialized
8.3

A spring flower with blue bell-shaped blooms that are pink as buds

A common, tasty oyster eaten on the Atlantic coast of North America

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A country dance where two lines of couples face each other and do lively steps

A plant that grows in eastern United States woods with thin, curved roots once used in herbal medicine

A tall plant that comes back every year in the eastern United States with clusters of white flowers

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A common North American deer with a white underside to its tail

A wooden fence made of rails laid in a zigzag pattern without posts

A tall plant from the southeastern United States with maple-like leaves and white flowers

A woodland plant with pipe-shaped flowers that grows in the eastern United States

A small garden plant with sweet smelling pink, white, red or lilac flowers

A woodland herb from North America with heart-shaped leaves and small brown flowers once used as medicine

A small wild plant that comes back every year with low thick leaves and small white flowers with pink edges

A wild North American plant that makes small sweet red berries used to breed garden varieties

A wildflower with white petals and long seed heads that comes back each year

A plant that lives for many years and has white or pale purple flowers and leaves you can eat

Surface Forms

Virginia main

Etymology

Virginia comes from the Latin root virgo, which means 'virgin'. English explorers named the land for Queen Elizabeth I, who was called the 'Virgin Queen', so the state kept the name Virginia.