VIRGINIA DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
Virginia n 1: a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War [syn: Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State}, VA] 2: one of the British colonies that formed the United States 3: a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range virginia irvingia Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) Virginia geographical name state E United States capital Richmond area 40,767 square miles (105,586 square kilometers), population 7,078,515 • Virginian adjective or noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
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English Explanatory Dictionary Virginia vəˈdʒɪnjə n. 1 tobacco from Virginia. 2 a cigarette made of this. øVirginia creeper a N. American vine, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, cultivated for ornament. Virginia reel US a country dance. Virginia (or Virginian) stock a cruciferous plant, Malcolmia maritima, with white or pink flowers. øøVirginian n. & adj. [Virginia in US, orig. the first English settlement (1607), f. Virgin Queen] The Nuttall Encyclopaedia (1907) Virginia one of the United States of America, a State somewhat larger than Scotland, between Maryland and North Carolina, so named by its founder Sir Walter Raleigh in honour of Queen Elizabeth; is divided from West Virginia by the Appalachians; it is well watered; the soil, which is fertile, yields the finest cotton and tobacco, and minerals, particularly coal and iron, are abundant; the largest city is Richmond, with flour-mills. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Virginia \Vir*gin"i*a\, n. One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia. Virginia cowslip (Bot.), the American lungwort ({Mertensia Virginica}). Virginia creeper (Bot.), a common ornamental North American woody vine ({Ampelopsis quinquefolia}), climbing extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also woodbine, and American ivy. [U. S.] Virginia fence. See Worm fence, under Fence. Virginia nightingale (Zo["o]l.), the cardinal bird. See under Cardinal. Virginia quail (Zo["o]l.), the bobwhite. Virginia reel, an old English contradance; -- so called in the United States. --Bartlett. Virginia stock. (Bot.) See Mahon stock. Virginia, IL (city, FIPS 78201) Location: 39.95078 N, 90.21127 W Population (1990): 1767 (764 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Virginia, MN (city, FIPS 67288) Location: 47.51579 N, 92.50707 W Population (1990): 9410 (4706 housing units) Area: 43.6 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55792 Virginia, NE (village, FIPS 50790) Location: 40.24520 N, 96.49886 W Population (1990): 94 (42 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68458 |
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