Virginia
[və(:)'dʒinjə]
Definition
(noun.) a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range.
(noun.) a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War.
(noun.) one of the British colonies that formed the United States.
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Definition
(n.) One of the States of the United States of America.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia.
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Definition
n. a well-known brand of tobacco grown and manufactured in Virginia.—n. Virgin′ia-creep′er an American climbing vine common in the south of England remarkable for the bright-red colour it assumes in autumn.—adj. Virgin′ian pertaining to Virginia.—n. a native of Virginia.
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Examples
- West Virginia was in our hands; and that part of old Virginia north of the Rapidan and east of the Blue Ridge we also held. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- McCormick, of Virginia, and Obed Hussey, of Maryland, were the men who brought the reaper to a condition of practical utility. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Virginia squatters) added, we select the black members of a litter for raising, as they alone have a good chance of living. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Where is this Virginia, your country, John Carter? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- We can capture the Army of Northern Virginia if force enough can be thrown to this point, and then advance upon it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He ran away, was captured, and violently taken on a ship to be returned to Virginia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- During three long years the Armies of the Potomac and Northern Virginia had been confronting each other. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On this day Wilson returned from his raid upon the Virginia Central Railroad, having damaged it considerably. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was estimated that in 1770 there were fifteen thousand slaves in Britain, mostly brought over by their owners from the West Indies and Virginia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In September, an expedition under General Burbridge was sent to destroy the saltworks at Saltville, Virginia. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This was distributed widely over the country, the greatest producers, after Pennsylvania, being Illinois, West Virginia, Ohio, Alabama and Colorado. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I have never seen Captain John Carter, of Virginia, since. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- There had been some kind of convention in Virginia, in which John Minor Botts was the leading figure. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I communicated direct to the commander of the expedition the following instructions: CITY POINT, VIRGINIA, January 3, 1865. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In Virginia and Maryland, the cultivation of tobacco is preferred, as most profitable, to that of corn. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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