Virginia City

noun

1. a mining town in W Nevada: famous for the discovery of the rich Comstock silver lode 1859.

Example Sentences

A 42-year-old Democrat whose parents emigrated from Ramallah, Rasoul led a recent rally in his southwestern Virginia city, where he shouted into a megaphone that “Tax dollars should not be used to kill innocent people on the other side of the world.”

From Los Angeles Times

Attorneys are likely to argue over those questions Friday in the Virginia city of Newport News, where Abby Zwerner is suing the public schools for $40 million.

From Seattle Times

Jim McCrossin, 78, a retiree from Virginia City, Nev., who surveyed the ranch in a DeSantis cap, said that he had previously supported Mr. Trump but worried about his electability.

From New York Times

City leaders this week kicked off their “Zoning for Housing/Housing for All” initiative, which will study and eventually recommend changes to municipal rules that govern what can be built where in this Northern Virginia city of about 160,000.

From Washington Post

RICHMOND, Va. — Authorities in the Virginia city where a 6-year-old shot and wounded his teacher will not seek criminal charges against the child, the local prosecutor told NBC News Wednesday, in a decision that was anticipated by legal experts.

From Washington Times