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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.
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Proper noun
Virginia
- A state of the United States of America. Capital: Richmond. Largest city: Virginia Beach.
- A female given name .
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Quotations
- 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!
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Latin
Etymology
From virgō (“maiden, virgin”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Virginia (genitive Virginiae); f, first declension
- A feminine praenomen.
Descendants
Spanish
Proper noun
Virginia f.
- Virginia (state)
- A female given name, cognate to English Virginia.
Related terms
- virginiano
See also
- Virginia on the Spanish Wikipedia.es.Wikipedia
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