Virginia

American  

[ver-jin-yuh] / vərˈdʒɪn yə /

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). Richmond. VA (for use with zip code), Va.

2. a town in northeastern Minnesota.

3. (italics) Merrimac.

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

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Virginia ¹ British  

/ vəˈdʒɪnɪə /

noun

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

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Virginia ² British  

/ vəˈdʒɪnɪə /

noun

1. Abbreviation: Va.   VA.  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)

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Virginia Cultural  

1. 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.

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

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

One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.

Example Sentences

Current and former UFC fighters will visit the FBI Special Agent Academy in Quantico, Virginia, this weekend for a "training seminar" for senior FBI staff and students.

From BBC

Appeared in the March 13, 2026, print edition as 'The Gerrymander Boomerang in Virginia'.

From The Wall Street Journal

While Virginia has the most existing data centers, Texas has the most megawatts of data centers under construction.

From MarketWatch

Keith Bainbridge, from Virginia Water in Surrey, said the price of his heating oil had more than doubled following the outbreak of war in the Middle East.

From BBC

In the present, Scarpetta and Benton, now married, return to their Virginia hometown, where the murder of a young woman seems to connect to her earlier case.

From Los Angeles Times