Virginia

[ ver-jin-yuh ]

noun
  1. a state in the eastern United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 square miles (105,710 square kilometers). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviations: VA (for use with zip code), Va.

  2. a town in northeastern Minnesota.

  1. (italics) Merrimac.

  2. a female given name: from a Roman family name.

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British Dictionary definitions for Virginia (1 of 2)

Virginia1

/ (vəˈdʒɪnɪə) /


noun
  1. (sometimes not capital) a type of flue-cured tobacco grown originally in Virginia

British Dictionary definitions for Virginia (2 of 2)

Virginia2

/ (vəˈdʒɪnɪə) /


noun
  1. a state of the eastern US, on the Atlantic: site of the first permanent English settlement in North America; consists of a low-lying deeply indented coast rising inland to the Piedmont plateau and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Capital: Richmond. Pop: 7 386 330 (2003 est). Area: 103 030 sq km (39 780 sq miles): Abbreviation: Va, (with zip code) VA

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Cultural definitions for Virginia

Virginia

State in the eastern United States bordered by West Virginia and Maryland to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, North Carolina and Tennessee to the south, and Kentucky to the west. Its capital is Richmond, and its largest city is Virginia Beach.

Notes for Virginia

One of the thirteen colonies. The first permanent English settlement in North America was at Jamestown, founded in the early seventeenth century.

Notes for Virginia

Named for Queen Elizabeth I, the “Virgin Queen.”

Notes for Virginia

One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.

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