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). 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.

Virginia

¹

/ vəˈdʒɪnɪə /

noun

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

Virginia

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/ 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)

Virginia

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.

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

The son of a Pentecostal minister, D'Angelo was born in Richmond, Virginia, and taught himself to play piano at the age of three.

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Born in Virginia, D'Angelo was something of a recluse and only periodically surfaced to release music, most of which was received favorably by fans and critics.

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About a dozen of us walked into a US immigration office in Virginia on Saturday morning, people born all over the world excited to take the final step in becoming American citizens.

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The 24-year-old, whose real name is Harrison Sullivan, was wanted by Surrey Police for failing to appear in court after a crash in Virginia Water, Surrey, in March 2024.

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The commonwealth’s odd-year elections tend to favor the party that isn’t in the White House, and Northern Virginia is full of federal employees.

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