English > WV: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A state in east central United States. |
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| Synonyms | West Virginia, Mountain State, W.V. |
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| Instance of | American state | One of the 50 states of the United States |
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| Part of | 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 |
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| Parts | Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains | The western part of the Appalachian Mountains |
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| Beckley | A city in southern West Virginia |
| Charleston, capital of West Virginia | State capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river |
| Clarksburg | A city in northern West Virginia |
| Fayetteville | A town in central West Virginia on the New River |
| Harpers Ferry, Harper's Ferry | A small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers / followers who captured an arsenal that was located there |
| Huntington | A city of western West Virginia on the Ohio river at the mouth of the Kanawha |
| Kanawha, Kanawha River | A tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia |
| Monongahela, Monongahela River | A river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows north into Pennsylvania where it joins the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River |
| Morgantown | A city in northern West Virginia on the Monongahela river near the Pennsylvania border |
| Parkersburg | A city in northwestern West Virginia on the Ohio river |
| Potomac, Potomac River | A river in the east central United States |
| Wheeling | A city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river |
| Spanish | Virginia Occidental, Virginia Oeste, West Virginia |
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| Catalan | Virgínia de l'Oest, Virginía Occidental, West Virginia |
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