Virginia
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin Virginia, feminine form of Virginius or Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. The state was named for Elizabeth I as the Virgin Queen.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Virginia (countable and uncountable, plural Virginias)
- A state of the United States. Official name: Commonwealth of Virginia.
- Synonyms: Old Dominion, State of Virginia, VA, Va., Virg.
- (astronomy) 50 Virginia, a main belt asteroid.
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Physician's Prologue and Tale
- "Daughter," quoth he, "Virginia by thy name, / There be two wayes, either death or shame, / That thou must suffer, - alas that I was bore!
- 1840 Frederick Marryat, Poor Jack, Chapter III,
- Here, in due time, she was brought to bed of a daughter, whom she christened by the name of Virginia; not so much out of respect to her last mistress, who bore that name, as because she considered it peculiarly ladylike and genteel.
- 1854 Lydia Howard Sigourney, The Western Home, and Other Poems, Parry & McMillan, 1854, page 87 ,
- O sweet Virginia Dare! / Thou art the lily of our love, / The forest's sylph-like queen, / The first-born bud from Saxon stem / That this New World hath seen!
- 1956 Charlotte Armstrong, A Dram of Poison, Coward-McCann, pages 164-165:
- She said her name was Virginia Severson. It suited her. She looked very virginal, and clean, calm, cool in a Scandinavian sort of way.
- 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Physician's Prologue and Tale
- Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
- A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
- A town, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
- A community in the town of Georgina, Ontario, Canada.
- A municipality of Lempira department, Honduras.
- A town in County Cavan, Ireland.
- A suburb of Monrovia, Liberia.
- A gold mining town in Free State, South Africa.
- The former name of an unincorporated community in Placer County, California, now Virginiatown.
- A city, the county seat of Cass County, Illinois, United States.
- A city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Bates County, Missouri, United States.
- A village in Gage County, Nebraska, United States.
Derived termsEdit
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TranslationsEdit
state
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female given name
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Further readingEdit
DanishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Virginien (rare)
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English Virginia.
Proper nounEdit
Virginia (genitive Virginias)
- Virginia (a state of the United States)
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Virginia
- Virginia (a state of the United States)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of Virginia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Virginia | — | |
| genitive | Virginian | — | |
| partitive | Virginiaa | — | |
| illative | Virginiaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Virginia | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Virginia | — |
| gen. | Virginian | ||
| genitive | Virginian | — | |
| partitive | Virginiaa | — | |
| inessive | Virginiassa | — | |
| elative | Virginiasta | — | |
| illative | Virginiaan | — | |
| adessive | Virginialla | — | |
| ablative | Virginialta | — | |
| allative | Virginialle | — | |
| essive | Virginiana | — | |
| translative | Virginiaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Virginiatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Virginia (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Virginiani | Virginiamme |
| 2nd person | Virginiasi | Virginianne |
| 3rd person | Virginiansa | |
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin Virginia; the place name is borrowed through English Virginia.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Virginia f
- Virginia (a state of the United States)
- A female given name from Latin.
Derived termsEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From earlier Verginia, feminine form of Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. Altered in spelling possibly by folk etymology association with virgō (“maiden, virgin”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /wirˈɡi.ni.a/, [wɪrˈɡɪ.ni.a]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /virˈd͡ʒi.ni.a/, [virˈd͡ʒiː.ni.a]
Proper nounEdit
Virginia f (genitive Virginiae, masculine Virginius); first declension
- A feminine praenomen.
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Virginia | Virginiae |
| Genitive | Virginiae | Virginiārum |
| Dative | Virginiae | Virginiīs |
| Accusative | Virginiam | Virginiās |
| Ablative | Virginiā | Virginiīs |
| Vocative | Virginia | Virginiae |
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Virginia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Virginia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
English Virginia, from Latin Virginia.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Virginia f
- Virginia (a state of the United States)
- A female given name, equivalent to English Virginia.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Virginia on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es