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West Virginia
noun
- a state in the eastern United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). : Charleston. : WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
West Virginia
noun
- a state of the eastern US: part of Virginia until the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861); consists chiefly of the Allegheny Plateau; bounded on the west by the Ohio River; coal-mining. Capital: Charleston. Pop: 1 810 354 (2003 est). Area: 62 341 sq km (24 070 sq miles) AbbreviationW VaW. Va.with zip codeWV
West Virginia
- State in the southeastern United States bordered by Pennsylvania and Maryland to the north, Virginia to the east and south, and Kentucky and Ohio to the west. Its capital and largest city is Charleston .
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Other Words From
- West Virginian adjective noun
Example Sentences
GOP lawmakers in Arizona joined South Dakota in opposing statehood, while 43 Republican lawmakers in West Virginia wrote a letter asking their congressional representatives to oppose statehood legislation too.
Dianne Feinstein of California, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
This doesn’t mean that Manchin is the only candidate who could win a Senate race in West Virginia at this point.
In Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Oklahoma and West Virginia, at least one in five eligible voters has a disability, meaning millions of Americans could have an easier time voting if the 2020 changes stay in place.
Teacher strikes from West Virginia to Arizona to Los Angeles found widespread public support.
West Virginia, God bless it, is still a little bit different!
So it's soon to be 25 out of 26, and I guess West Virginia is less different than I wanted to believe.
Life can be tough in West Virginia, especially for the hardworking souls of coal country.
And Mississippi is one of only two states—the other is West Virginia—that allows neither religious nor philosophical exemptions.
But West Virginia is the one place where the right won the culture war.
The new area was first called "Kanawha" but later the name was changed to West Virginia.
For the additional third, certificates were issued endorsed against future settlement with West Virginia.
However, one-third of the area of the state—which had become West Virginia—was permanently separated.
West Virginia originally evaded such a conference but, later, appointed a commission to represent the state.
It will penetrate the finest mineral lands of Virginia and West Virginia, which have been so long locked up from the world.
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