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Virginia

Vir-gin′i-a

,
Noun.
One of the States of the United States of America.
Adj.
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
(Zool.)
,
the cardinal bird. See under
Cardinal
.
Virginia quail
(Zool.)
,
the bobwhite.
Virginia reel
,
an old English contradance; – so called in the United States.
Bartlett.
Virginia stock
.
(Bot.)

Definition 2024


Virginia

Virginia

See also: virginia, Virginía, and Virgínia

English

Proper noun

Virginia

  1. A state of the United States of America. Capital: Richmond. Largest city: Virginia Beach.
  2. (astronomy) Short for 50 Virginia, a main belt asteroid.
  3. A female given name.
    • 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Physician's Prologue and Tale
      "Daughter," quoth he, "Virginia by thy name, / There be two wayes, either death or shame, / That thou must suffer, - alas that I was bore!
    • 1840 Frederick Marryat, Poor Jack, Chapter III,
      Here, in due time, she was brought to bed of a daughter, whom she christened by the name of Virginia; not so much out of respect to her last mistress, who bore that name, as because she considered it peculiarly ladylike and genteel.
    • 1854 Lydia Howard Sigourney, The Western Home, and Other Poems, Parry & McMillan, 1854, page 87 ,
      O sweet Virginia Dare! / Thou art the lily of our love, / The forest's sylph-like queen, / The first-born bud from Saxon stem / That this New World hath seen!
    • 1956 Charlotte Armstrong, A Dram of Poison, Coward-McCann, pages 164-165:
      She said her name was Virginia Severson. It suited her. She looked very virginal, and clean, calm, cool in a Scandinavian sort of way.

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Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Place names in Virginia

Danish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from English Virginia.

Proper noun

Virginia (genitive Virginias)

  1. Virginia

Latin

Etymology

From virgō (maiden, virgin).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Virginia f (genitive Virginiae); first declension

  1. A feminine praenomen.

Descendants

References


Spanish

Proper noun

Virginia f

  1. Virginia (state)
  2. A female given name, cognate to English Virginia.

Related terms

See also

virginia

virginia

See also: Virginia, Virginía, and Virgínia

Italian

Adjective

virginia

  1. (of tobacco) From Virginia