Va

See also: Appendix:Variations of "va"

Translingual

Symbol

Va

1. (chemistry, obsolete) virginium
   • 2014, Marco Fontani, Mariagrazia Costa, Mary Virginia Orna, The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table's Shadow Side (in English), page 328:

     Because he had found six minima for every salt of virginium—VaCl, VaNO3, Va2SO4, and VaOH—he asserted that virginium consisted of a mixture of six stable isotopes.

English

Proper noun

Va

1. Abbreviation of Virginia.

Anagrams

• A-V, A/V, AV, Av, Av., av, av.

Low German

Etymology

Cognate to German Vater m

Noun

Va m

1. (Ravensbergisch) father
   • 2021, Wilhelm Knicker, Plattdütske Votellsels iut iusen Ravensberger Lanne in un ümme Mennighüffen: Plattdeutsche Geschichten aus dem Ravensberger Land in und um Mennighüffen, page 11:

     Et was Kruichstuid un iuse Va was in Rußland intoag'n.

     It was wartime and our father was inducted to Russia.

Usage notes

• The underline (in the a of Va) is part of the spelling and marks a long vowel.