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How to pronounce virginia

IPA transcription: [vɚ'dʒɪnjə]

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Noun

  • a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War

  • one of the British colonies that formed the United States

  • 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.