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Virginia

noun

A state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War. Synonyms: Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA.

One of the British colonies that formed the United States.

A town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range.

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"Virginia" Quotes from Famous Books

... and True Report —- by Thomas Hariot A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia, 'of the commodities and of the nature and man ners of the naturall inhabitants: Discouered b the English Colony there seated by' Sir Richard Greinuile Knight 'In the yeere 1585. Which rema ined vnder the gouernment of twelue monethes, At the speciall charge and direction ...

— A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land Of Virginia • Thomas Hariot

... Tearless itself, makes everybody cry. Washoe canaries on the Geiger Grade Subdue the singing of their cavalcade, And, wiping with their ears the tears unshed, Grieve for their family's unlucky head. Virginia City intermits her trade And well-clad strangers walk her streets unflayed. Nay, all Nevada ceases work to weep And the recording angel goes to sleep. But in his dreams his goose-quill's creaking fount Augments the debits in the long account. ...

— Black Beetles in Amber • Ambrose Bierce

... ask, though he noted it, for his loyalty to Kulan Tith was the loyalty of the blood of John Carter of Virginia for a friend, greater than which could be ...

— Thuvia, Maid of Mars • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... sold in 1862 at the age of ten years, for $400, by the widow B. of Virginia. As a rule, after the first sale, I was upon the auction block every day for three months. How often I was sold during those three months I cannot tell, but on Davis' auction block in his sale-room I was sold five times in one day. The ...

— American Missionary, August, 1888, (Vol. XLII, No. 8) • Various

... to find a long and—I was about to say interesting—letter from the Countess! It was a very commonplace communication I found on the third or fourth reading. The sum and substance of its contents was the information that she was going to Virginia Hot Springs with the family for a month or two and that Lord Amberdale ...

— A Fool and His Money • George Barr McCutcheon

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