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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.)
See
Mahon stock
.Definition 2024
Virginia
Virginia
English
Proper noun
Virginia
- A state of the United States of America. Capital: Richmond. Largest city: Virginia Beach.
- (astronomy) Short for 50 Virginia, a main belt asteroid.
- 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.
- 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Physician's Prologue and Tale
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Related terms
Translations
state
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female given name
See also
- Appendix:Place names in Virginia
Danish
Alternative forms
- Virginien (rare)
Etymology
Borrowing from English Virginia.
Proper noun
Virginia (genitive Virginias)
Latin
Etymology
From virgō (“maiden, virgin”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /wirˈɡi.ni.a/
Proper noun
Virginia f (genitive Virginiae); first declension
- A feminine praenomen.
Descendants
References
- Virginia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Virginia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Spanish
Proper noun
Virginia f
- Virginia (state)
- A female given name, cognate to English Virginia.
Related terms
See also
-
Virginia on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
