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Noun (3 meanings)
1. a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War.
virginia is an instance of:
- American state (noun) - one of the 50 states of the United States
virginia is a member of:
- Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland (noun) - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
virginia is a part of:
- South (noun) - the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
- United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. (noun) - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean
parts of virginia:
- Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains (noun) - the western part of the Appalachian Mountains
- Blacksburg (noun) - a university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mountains
- Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge (noun) - a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia
- Bull Run (noun) - a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War
- Chancellorsville (noun) - a village in northeastern Virginia
- Chesapeake Bay (noun) - a large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland
- Clinch River (noun) - a river that rises in southwestern Virginia and flows generally southwestward across eastern Tennessee to the Tennessee River
- Elizabeth River (noun) - a short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth into Hampton Roads
- Fredericksburg (noun) - a town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River
- Hampton Roads (noun) - a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay
- James, James River (noun) - a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads
- Jamestown (noun) - a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk
- Lynchburg (noun) - a city in central Virginia
- Mount Vernon (noun) - the former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river
- Newport News (noun) - a port city in southeastern Virginia at the mouth of the James River off Hampton Roads
- Norfolk (noun) - port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay
- Petersburg (noun) - a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond)
- Portsmouth (noun) - a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk
- Potomac, Potomac River (noun) - a river in the east central United States
- Rappahannock, Rappahannock River (noun) - a river that flows across eastern Virginia into the Tidewater region
- Richmond, capital of Virginia (noun) - capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state
- Roanoke (noun) - a city in southwestern Virginia
- Shenandoah National Park (noun) - a national park in Virginia for the Blue Ridge Mountains
- Shenandoah River (noun) - a river of northern Virginia that empties into the Potomac at Harpers Ferry
- Shenandoah Valley (noun) - a large valley between the Allegheny Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia
- Spotsylvania (noun) - a village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil War
- Virginia Beach (noun) - the largest city in Virginia
- Yorktown (noun) - a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News
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- Bull Run, Battle of Bull Run (noun) - either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862)
- Chancellorsville (noun) - a major battle in the American Civil War (1863)
- Fredericksburg, Battle of Fredericksburg (noun) - an important battle in the American Civil War (1862)
- Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign (noun) - the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65)
- Spotsylvania, battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse (noun) - a battle between the armies of Grant and Lee during the Wilderness Campaign
- Wilderness (noun) - a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
- Wilderness Campaign (noun) - American Civil War
- Yorktown, siege of Yorktown (noun) - in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops
2. one of the British colonies that formed the United States.
virginia is an instance of:
- Colony (noun) - one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
3. a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range.
virginia is an instance of:
- town (noun) - an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
virginia is a part of:
- Minnesota, Gopher State, North Star State, MN (noun) - a midwestern state