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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War;
[syn: Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA]

2. one of the British colonies that formed the United States;

3. a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Virginia \Vir*gin"i*a\, n. One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Virginia n 1: a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War [syn: Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA] 2: one of the British colonies that formed the United States 3: a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range