Virginia

See also: virginia, Virginía, and Virgínia

English

Etymology

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.

Map of US highlighting Virginia

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /vɚˈd͡ʒɪn.jə/

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Proper noun

Virginia (countable and uncountable, plural Virginias)

1. A state of the United States. Official name: Commonwealth of Virginia.

   Synonyms: Old Dominion, State of Virginia, VA, Va., Virg.

   • 1622 [1620], “Mayflower Compact”, in Purchas His Pilgrimes‎^[1], page 313:

     We, whose names are underwritten, the loyall Subjects of our dread Soveraigne Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Having undertaken for the glorie of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and the honor of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colonie in the Northerne parts of Virginia; doe by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civill Body politike, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid:[...]

2. (astronomy) 50 Virginia, a main belt asteroid.
3. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Physician's 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.

4. Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
   1. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
   2. A town, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
   3. A community in the town of Georgina, Ontario, Canada.
   4. A municipality of the Lempira department, Honduras.
   5. A town in County Cavan, Ireland.
   6. A suburb of Monrovia, Liberia.
   7. A gold mining town in Free State, South Africa.
   8. The former name of an unincorporated community in Placer County, California, now Virginiatown.
   9. A city, the county seat of Cass County, Illinois, United States.
   10. A city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
   11. An unincorporated community in Bates County, Missouri, United States.
   12. A village in Gage County, Nebraska, United States.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 50 Virginia, ㊿

Derived terms

• VA
• Virginia Beach
• Virginia City
• Virginia cowslip
• Virginia creeper
• Virginia fence
• Virginian
• Virginia nightingale
• Virginia pennywort
• Virginia quail
• Virginia reel
• Virginia stock
• Virginia Water
• West Virginia

 

Related terms

• (given name diminutives) Ginny, Ginger

Translations

state

• Arabic: فِيرْجِينِيَا‎ f (firjīniyā), فِرْجِينْيَا‎ f (firjīnyā)

  Egyptian Arabic: ڤيرجينيا‎ f (verjenya)

  Hijazi Arabic: ڤرجينيا‎ f (virjīnya)

• Catalan: Virgínia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弗吉尼亞 (zh), 弗吉尼亚 (zh) (Fújíníyà); 維吉尼亞 (zh), 维吉尼亚 (zh) (Wéijíníyà)

• Czech: Virginie (cs) f
• Danish: Virginia
• Dutch: (archaic) Virginië (nl) f
• Esperanto: Virginio
• Finnish: Virginia (fi)
• French: Virginie (fr) f
• Galician: Virxinia (gl) f
• Georgian: ვირჯინია (virǯinia)
• German: Virginia (de), Virginien (de) n
• Greek: Βιρτζίνια (el) f (Virtzínia)
• Hindi: वर्जीनिया (varjīniyā), वर्जिनिया (varjiniyā)
• Icelandic: Virginía (is) f
• Ido: Virginia (io)
• Italian: Virginia (it) f
• Japanese: バージニア (Bājinia)
• Khmer: វឺជីញ៉ា (vɨɨciiñaa)
• Korean: 버지니아 (Beojinia)
• Latin: Virginia f
• Macedonian: Вирџи́нија f (Virdžínija)
• Manx: Yn Virjeeney f
• Navajo: Bijíniyah Hahoodzo
• Polish: Wirginia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Virgínia (pt) f
• Russian: Вирджи́ния (ru) f (Virdžínija)
• Spanish: Virginia (es) f
• Telugu: వర్జీనియా (te) (varjīniyā)
• Thai: เวอร์จิเนีย (wəə-jì-niia)
• Turkish: Virginia (tr)
• Ukrainian: Вірджи́нія f (Virdžýnija)
• Yiddish: ווירדזשיניע‎ (virdzhinye)

female given name

• Esperanto: Virginia
• French: Virginie (fr)
• Greek: Βιργινια f (Virginia), Παρθενία (el) f (Parthenía)
• Hindi: वर्जिनिया f (varjiniyā), वर्जिनिया f (varjiniyā)
• Polish: Wirginia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Virgínia (pt) f
• Spanish: Virginia (es)

Further reading

• Virginia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Alternative forms

• Virginien (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Virginia.

Proper noun

Virginia (genitive Virginias)

1. Virginia (a state of the United States)

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Virginia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋirɡi(ː)niɑ/, [ˈʋirɡi(ː)ˌniɑ]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vir‧gi‧ni‧a

Proper noun

Virginia

1. Virginia (a state of the United States)

Declension

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

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Virginia, from Latin Virginia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /virˈd͡ʒi.nja/
• Rhymes: -inja
• Hyphenation: Vir‧gì‧nia

Proper noun

Virginia f

1. Virginia (a state of the United States)
2. a female given name from Latin

Derived terms

• Virginia Occidentale

Anagrams

• viragini

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Latin

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯irˈɡi.ni.a/, [u̯ɪrˈɡɪniä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /virˈd͡ʒi.ni.a/, [virˈd͡ʒiːniä]

Proper noun

Virginia f (genitive Virginiae, masculine Virginius); first declension

1. A feminine praenomen.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Virginia	Virginiae
Genitive	Virginiae	Virginiārum
Dative	Virginiae	Virginiīs
Accusative	Virginiam	Virginiās
Ablative	Virginiā	Virginiīs
Vocative	Virginia	Virginiae

Descendants

• English: Virginia
• Spanish: Virginia

References

• “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

Proper noun

Virginia f sg (genitive Virginiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Virginia (state)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Virginia
Genitive	Virginiae
Dative	Virginiae
Accusative	Virginiam
Ablative	Virginiā
Vocative	Virginia
Locative	Virginiae

Related terms

• Virginia Occidentālis

References

• Henry Beard, Latin for All Occasions, 1990, →ISBN, title page in Latin and English.)

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Spanish

Etymology

English Virginia, from Latin Virginia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biɾˈxinja/ [biɾˈxi.nja]
• Rhymes: -inja
• Hyphenation: Vir‧gi‧nia

Proper noun

Virginia f

1. Virginia (a state of the United States)
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Virginia

Derived terms

• Mancomunidad de Virginia
• Virginia Occidental
• virginiano

Further reading

• Virginia on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es