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Virginia

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See also: Virginía, Virgínia, and virginia

Translingual

Proper noun

Virginia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – earth snakes.

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Etymology

From Latin Virginia, feminine form of Virginius or Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. The state/colony was named for Elizabeth I as the Virgin Queen, equivalent to virgin +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Virginia (countable and uncountable, plural Virginias)

  2. A state of the United States. Official name: Commonwealth of Virginia. Capital: Richmond.
    Synonyms: Old Dominion, State of Virginia, VA, Va., Virg.
    • 1622 [1620], “Mayflower Compact”, in Purchas His Pilgrimes‎, page 313:
      We, whose names are underwritten, the loyall Subjects of our dread Soveraigne Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Having undertaken for the glorie of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and the honor of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colonie in the Northerne parts of Virginia; doe by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civill Body politike, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid:[...]
    • 2025 March 29, Kristen Rogers, “Over half of US states are trying to eliminate food dyes. Here’s what you can do now”, in CNN‎:
      And on March 21, Virginia passed a law banning colorants from school food, effective July 1, 2027.
    • 2025 June 13, Rosa Flores, “Missing Navy sailor found dead in Virginia, another sailor in custody”, in CNN‎:
      Resendiz was last seen on May 29 in her barracks in Miller Hall at Naval Station Norfolk, according to a missing person’s alert issued by Virginia State Police on June 3.
  3. A former colony that was a part of the British Empire.
  4. (astronomy) 50 Virginia, a main belt asteroid.
  5. A female given name from Latin.
    • 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Physician's 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, chapter III, in Poor Jack:
      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, published 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.
    • 2022 October 26, Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez, Lauren M. Johnson and Sara Smart, “The Waukesha victims included an 8-year-old boy, a loving grandmother and a woman excited to make her debut in the Dancing Grannies”, in CNN‎:
      The city of Waukesha confirmed the names of five victims as Virginia Sorenson, 79; Leanna Owen, 71; Tamara Durand, 52; Jane Kulich, 52; and Wilhelm Hospel, 81.
  6. Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
    1. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
    2. A town, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
    3. A community in the town of Georgina, Ontario, Canada.
    4. A municipality of Lempira department, Honduras.
    5. A town in County Cavan, Ireland.
    6. A suburb of Monrovia, Liberia.
    7. A gold mining town in the Free State, South Africa.
    8. The former name of an unincorporated community in Placer County, California, now Virginiatown.
    9. A city, the county seat of Cass County, Illinois, United States.
    10. A city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
    11. An unincorporated community in Bates County, Missouri, United States.
    12. A village in Gage County, Nebraska, United States.
    13. A barangay of Santo Niño, Cagayan, Philippines.
    14. A barangay of Laua-an, Antique, Philippines.
    15. A barangay of Culaba, Biliran, Philippines.

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Descendants

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See also

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)
States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Federal district: Washington, D.C.
Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

Noun

Virginia (plural Virginias)

  1. (slang) vagina
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English Virginia.

Proper noun

Virginia (genitive Virginias)

  1. Virginia (a state of the United States)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Virginia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋirɡi(ː)niɑ/, [ˈʋirɡi(ː)ˌniɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Vir‧gi‧ni‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): Vir‧gi‧nia

Proper noun

Virginia

  1. Virginia (a state of the United States)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

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Etymology

Borrowed from English Virginia, from Latin Virginia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /virˈd͡ʒi.nja/
  • Rhymes: -inja
  • Hyphenation: Vir‧gì‧nia

Proper noun

Virginia f

  1. Virginia (a state of the United States)
  2. a female given name from Latin

Derived terms

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Latin

Etymology

From earlier Verginia, feminine form of Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. Altered in spelling possibly by folk etymology association with virgō (“maiden, virgin”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Virginia f (genitive Virginiae, masculine Virginius); first declension

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A feminine praenomen.

Declension

First-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...

Descendants

References

  • “Virginia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Virginia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Proper noun

Virginia f sg (genitive Virginiae); first declension

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  1. (New Latin) Virginia (a state of the United States)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

More information singular, nominative ...

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Virginia, from Latin Virginia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biɾˈxinja/ [biɾˈxi.nja]
  • Rhymes: -inja
  • Syllabification: Vir‧gi‧nia

Proper noun

Virginia f

  1. Virginia (a state of the United States)
  2. a female given name, equivalent to English Virginia

Derived terms

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