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 ( def ).
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

²

/ 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) AbbreviationVawith zip codeVA

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.

Notes

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

We’ve seen in past years, in 2019, 2018, Virginia can beat anybody.

From Washington Post

The new money reflects a faster-than-expected rebound for Virginia’s economy, as well as the benefit of millions in pandemic relief money from Washington.

From Washington Post

In 2017, Virginia dedicated a state office building in her honor.

From Washington Post

What Virginia Pride has accomplished as an all-volunteer organization is astonishing to me.

From Washington Blade

It was only last year that investigative review boards were made possible under Virginia law.

From Washington Post

Even though clerks in Virginia, Colorado, Utah, and other states have been doing exactly that.

From The Daily Beast

I first saw Marvin when I was ten years old, living with my parents in Arlington, Virginia.

From The Daily Beast

The former Virginia governor was once the golden boy of the GOP.

From The Daily Beast

I was a part of this tour, debating Meyer in Richmond, Virginia in April.

From The Daily Beast

Further, in the Super Tuesday states of Florida, Texas, and Virginia, Paul is operating at a decided disadvantage.

From The Daily Beast

He was long a correspondent of the National Intelligencer and other papers, residing in Virginia.

From Project Gutenberg

Then follows an account of the life of the Jesuit prisoners, in Virginia and England.

From Project Gutenberg

The pipe has a modern look and is altogether unlike those found by the English in use among the Indians in Virginia.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1622 a monopoly of the importation of tobacco was granted to the Virginia and Somers Island, companies.

From Project Gutenberg

Virginia leaf still continues to flourish, and to-day it is the great agricultural product of the State.

From Project Gutenberg