Virginia Beach
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- proper noun
- /vərˈdʒɪnɪə biːtʃ/
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Virginia Beach
- The best opening gig was opening for Sea Level at a place in Virginia Beach called the Rogues Gallery.
- Virginia Beach Boulevard
- Virginia Beach city
- Virginia Beach police
Examples
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Back in Virginia Beach, the church was alerted and began praying earnestly for her recovery.
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I am currently training for my first half marathon in Virginia Beach on March 20th.
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Most of the money came from the $5 million sale of property to the city of Virginia Beach late last year.
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Remember, this is Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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We went to Virginia Beach, and our motel was right on the water.
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I'm from Virginia Beach.
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Virginia Beach does have the credibility of Comcast Spectacor as the major backer of the proposed building, but we're years away from the doors opening.
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"Most of Virginia Beach's routes (where about 40 percent of the yard trimmings come from) were too far from the processing facility, so they asked us for a closer site."
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The Virginia Beach Billfish Tournament underway this week should see great results with a mixture of white and blue marlin and a good number of sailfish.
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I spent my summer vacation relaxing on the beautiful beaches of Virginia Beach.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The name is directly compositional: 'Virginia' (the U.S. state) + 'beach' (shore), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it refers to a coastal place in Virginia. As a common toponym pattern found across languages, the basic meaning (a beach/coastal locality or resort area) is predictable, although detailed facts (that it is a city or hosts Navy bases) would require extra background knowledge.
Etymology
Virginia Beach was named after Virginia, which was named for Queen Elizabeth I, called the 'Virgin Queen', and the word beach, because the town sits by the sea. So the name tells you it is the Virginia place with a beach.