Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Virginia"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

{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} (Zo["o]l.), the cardinal bird. See
under {Cardinal}.

{Virginia quail} (Zo["o]l.), the bobwhite.

{Virginia reel}, an old English contradance; -- so called in
the United States. --Bartlett.

{Virginia stock}. (Bot.) See {Mahon stock}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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
[syn: {Virginia}]
3: a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi
Range [syn: {Virginia}]


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