Virginia

See also: virginia, Virginía, and Virgínia

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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): /vɚˈdʒɪn.jə/

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Proper noun

Virginia

1. The Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States of America.

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

   1. The area claimed by Virginia, including what are now West Virginia and Kentucky.
2. (astronomy) 50 Virginia, a main belt asteroid.
3. A female given name.
   • 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.

4. Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere
   1. A city in Illinois, U.S., and county seat of Cass County.

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• (given name diminutives) Ginny, Ginger

Translations

state

• Arabic: فِيرْجِينِيَا‎ f (firjīniyā)

  Egyptian Arabic: ڤيرجينيا‎ f (verjenya)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弗吉尼亞 (zh), 弗吉尼亚 (zh) (Fújíníyà)

• 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
• Icelandic: Virginía (is) f

• Ido: Virginia (io)
• Japanese: バージニア (Bājinia)
• Latin: Virginia f
• Macedonian: Вирџи́нија f (Virdžínija)
• Manx: Yn Virjeeney f
• Navajo: Bijíniyah Hahoodzo
• Polish: Wirginia 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)
• Yiddish: ווירדזשיניע‎ (virdzhinye)

female given name

• Esperanto: Virginia
• French: Virginie (fr)
• Greek: Βιργινια f (Virginia), Παρθενία (el) f (Parthenía)

• Portuguese: Virgínia (pt) f
• Spanish: Virginia (es)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Virginia

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

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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): /wirˈɡi.ni.a/, [wɪrˈɡɪ.ni.a]

Proper noun

Virginia f (genitive Virginiae); first declension

1. A feminine praenomen.

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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /birˈxinja/

Proper noun

Virginia f

1. Virginia (state)
2. A female given name, equivalent to English Virginia

Related terms

• virginiano

See also

• Virginia on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es