Virginia
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a state in the eastern United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 square miles (105,710 square kilometers). Richmond. VA (for use with zip code), Va.
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a town in northeastern Minnesota.
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(italics) Merrimac.
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a female given name: from a Roman family name.
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One of the thirteen colonies. The first permanent English settlement in North America was at Jamestown, founded in the early seventeenth century.
Named for Queen Elizabeth I, the “Virgin Queen.”
One of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
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It was only Virginia, after all, not the icy tundra of Michigan.
From Literature
We both turned as a bomb hit a ship called the USS West Virginia.
From Literature
A sea view which inspired the writer Virginia Woolf will be obscured by the development of a block of flats.
From BBC
Another proposal in Virginia would tax net investment income on individuals, trusts, and estates, according to Family Enterprise USA Action, an advocacy group.
From Barron's
Early last year, roughly 40 data centers in Virginia suddenly dropped off the power grid, threatening the stability of the already vulnerable system.
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