Virginia

American  

[ver-jin-yuh] / vərˈdʒɪn jə /

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.

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“We reached out to Loudoun County in Virginia, whose budget was in the red before they started welcoming more data centers. Now they’re operating in the black.”

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

A Virginia Tech study found that glyphosate, a widely used herbicide, can interfere with honeybee foraging and may undermine the long-term stability of colonies.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

Voters in Michigan, Virginia and Washington state also cast their ballots in Democratic primaries on US House of Representatives candidates on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Bella DePaulo, a former University of Virginia professor who has authored books on single living, said society has changed since the regulation was established, with more people getting married later or not marrying at all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Before leaving, Andrew Judge secured a place in history as the man who sewed George Washington’s buff-and-blue Virginia militia uniform, when the future general went off to the Continental Congress in 1775.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis