English > Virginia: 3 senses > noun 1, location| Meaning | A state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War. |
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| Synonyms | Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Va. |
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| Instance of | American state | One of the 50 states of the United States |
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| Member of | Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland | The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 |
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| Part of | South | The region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line |
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| United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
| Parts | Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains | The western part of the Appalachian Mountains |
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| Blacksburg | A university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mountains |
| Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge | A range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia |
| Bull Run | A creek in northeastern Virginia / Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War |
| Chancellorsville | A village in northeastern Virginia |
| Chesapeake Bay | A large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland |
| Clinch River | A river that rises in southwestern Virginia and flows generally southwestward across eastern Tennessee to the Tennessee River |
| Elizabeth River | A short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth into Hampton Roads |
| Fredericksburg | A town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River |
| Hampton Roads | A channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay |
| James, James River | A river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads |
| Jamestown | A former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk |
| Lynchburg | A city in central Virginia |
| Mount Vernon | The former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia / Virginia overlooking the Potomac river |
| Newport News | A port city in southeastern Virginia at the mouth of the James River off Hampton Roads |
| Norfolk | port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay |
| Petersburg | A town in southeastern Virginia / Virginia (south of Richmond) |
| Portsmouth | A port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk |
| Potomac, Potomac River | A river in the east central United States |
| Rappahannock, Rappahannock River | A river that flows across eastern Virginia into the Tidewater region |
| Richmond, capital of Virginia | Capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state |
| Roanoke | A city in southwestern Virginia |
| Shenandoah National Park | A national park in Virginia for the Blue Ridge Mountains |
| Shenandoah River | A river of northern Virginia that empties into the Potomac at Harpers Ferry |
| Shenandoah Valley | A large valley between the Allegheny Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia |
| Spotsylvania | A village in northeastern Virginia / Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil War |
| Virginia Beach | The largest city in Virginia |
| Yorktown | A historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News |
| Region of | Bull Run, Battle of Bull Run | Either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862) |
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| Chancellorsville | A major battle in the American Civil War (1863) |
| Fredericksburg, Battle of Fredericksburg | An important battle in the American Civil War (1862) |
| Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign | The final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65) |
| Spotsylvania, battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse | A battle between the armies of Grant and Lee during the Wilderness Campaign |
| Wilderness | A wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War |
| Wilderness Campaign | American Civil War |
| Yorktown, siege of Yorktown | In 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops |
| Spanish | Virginia |
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| Catalan | Virginia, Virgínia |
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