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WV

4 3.4
A short form for West Virginia, a state in the United States
  • proper noun
  • US
: WV
  • Designed by then-Majority Whip Robert C. Byrd (D-WV), the two-track system created potential new difficulties for proponents of the constitutional option.
  • Morgantown, WV
  • Kearneysville, WV
  • Byrd (D-WV

I'm from Ohio, but I live in a little town called Wheeling, WV.

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Examples

  • There is now one less Republican in WV and one more Democrat.

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  • We had a similar problem in WV when we first started using the machines in 2006.

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  • See this interesting map of international businesses, for example, in WV for some insights into that.

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  • Two researchers arrived in Fayetteville, WV, the day prior to Bridge Day.

    Academic text (2006)

  • When I was little, I used to spend time between where I was born, which was Welch, WV and Cleveland, OH.

  • I was scheduled to sing The Anthem for The Musselman High School Applemen baseball game in Inwood, WV.

    National Anthem Girl (2019)

  • Then they'll pack a gym bag and head down to Morgantown, WV, to stomp on the long-haired Mountaineers.

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  • Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd (D-WV) and Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) led the charge against the administration's timetable.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The famous New River Gorge Bridge is located in Fayetteville, WV, and attracts thousands of visitors each year.

  • During my summer road trip, I visited several historic sites in WV, including the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.

Synonyms

West Virginia
vsWV
210 1.0

A state in the eastern United States with mountains and Charleston as capital

is the shortened letter form used instead of the full name
W.V.
vsWV
  • US
4 4.1

A short form for the state West Virginia in the United States

is written without periods between letters using only the letters

Surface Forms

WV main

Morphology

WV = West + Virginia (semi-transparent) = W + V

WV is a straightforward initialism corresponding directly to the two words 'West' and 'Virginia', so the relation is transparent for learners who know the expansion. [Postprocessing: changed transparency from 'transparent' to 'semi-transparent' for abbreviation]

Etymology

WV is the short form for West Virginia, a US state. The West part means 'the direction' and Virginia is the place name, so WV on a license plate or in an address shows something or someone is from West Virginia.