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How to pronounce virginia
IPA transcription: [vɚ'dʒɪnjə]
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Noun
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a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
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one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range
Usage examples
- He graduated from the University of Virginia.
- William Willingham was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
- Fairlea is the location of the annual West Virginia State Fair, held in August.
- One traffic fatality was reported each in North Carolina and Virginia.
- Calvert was soon forced to flee southward to Virginia.
- A photograph of Young and Virginia Adams appears in Ansel Adams's autobiography.
- Virginia received a steady stream of mail about her letter throughout her life.
- Born Helen Virginia Briggs in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Williamson is home to Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College.
- He was succeeded by John Tyler, a Virginian and states' rights absolutist.