virginia : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: virginia	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for virginia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Virginia n a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War Synonym(s): Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA one of the British colonies that formed the United States a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Virginia \Virgin"ia\, 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[94]l.), the cardinal bird. See under {Cardinal}. {Virginia quail} (Zo[94]l.), the bobwhite. {Virginia reel}, an old English contradance; -- so called in the United States. --Bartlett. {Virginia stock}. (Bot.) See {Mahon stock}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Virginia, IL (city, FIPS 78201) Location: 39.95078 N, 90.21127 W Population (1990): 1767 (764 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Virginia, MN (city, FIPS 67288) Location: 47.51579 N, 92.50707 W Population (1990): 9410 (4706 housing units) Area: 43.6 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55792 Virginia, NE (village, FIPS 50790) Location: 40.24520 N, 96.49886 W Population (1990): 94 (42 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68458