Virginia

See also: Virginía, Virgínia, and virginia

Translingual

Etymology

The species "Virginia striatula" was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1766, as Coluber striatulus. Over the next two and a half centuries its scientific name has been changed several times (see synonyms). Most recently, the generic name was changed back again from Haldea to Virginia in 2023.

Proper noun

Virginia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – earth snakes, of the warm temperate eastern United States.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida – subclass; Lepidosauromorpha – infraclass; Lepidosauria – superorder; Squamata – order; Caenophidia – clade; Colubroidea – superfamily; Colubridae – family; Natricinae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Virginia valeriae (smooth earth snake) – type species; Virginia striatula (rough earth snake) – other species

Further reading

• Virginia (snake) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Virginia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Virginia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Flag of Virginia

Etymology

From Latin Virginia, feminine form of Virginius or Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. The state/colony was named for Elizabeth I as the Virgin Queen, equivalent to virgin +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vəˈd͡ʒɪn.jə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɚˈd͡ʒɪn.jə/

• Audio (General American):

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• Hyphenation: Vir‧gin‧ia
• Rhymes: -ɪnjə

Proper noun

Virginia (countable and uncountable, plural Virginias)

2. A state of the United States. Official name: Commonwealth of Virginia. Capital: Richmond.

   Synonyms: Old Dominion, State of Virginia, VA, Va., Virg.

   • 1622 [1620], “Mayflower Compact”, in Purchas His Pilgrimes‎^[1], page 313:

     We, whose names are underwritten, the loyall Subjects of our dread Soveraigne Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Having undertaken for the glorie of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and the honor of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colonie in the Northerne parts of Virginia; doe by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civill Body politike, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid:[...]

   • 2025 March 29, Kristen Rogers, “Over half of US states are trying to eliminate food dyes. Here’s what you can do now”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 11 October 2026:

     And on March 21, Virginia passed a law banning colorants from school food, effective July 1, 2027.

   • 2025 June 13, Rosa Flores, “Missing Navy sailor found dead in Virginia, another sailor in custody”, in CNN‎^[3], archived from the original on 18 March 2026:

     Resendiz was last seen on May 29 in her barracks in Miller Hall at Naval Station Norfolk, according to a missing person’s alert issued by Virginia State Police on June 3.

3. A former colony that was a part of the British Empire.
4. (astronomy) 50 Virginia, a main belt asteroid.
5. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Physician's 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, chapter III, in Poor Jack:

     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, published 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!

   • 1956, Charlotte Armstrong, A Dram of Poison, Coward-McCann, pages 164–165:

     She said her name was Virginia Severson. It suited her. She looked very virginal, and clean, calm, cool in a Scandinavian sort of way.

   • 2022 October 26, Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez, Lauren M. Johnson and Sara Smart, “The Waukesha victims included an 8-year-old boy, a loving grandmother and a woman excited to make her debut in the Dancing Grannies”, in CNN‎^[4], archived from the original on 3 July 2025:

     The city of Waukesha confirmed the names of five victims as Virginia Sorenson, 79; Leanna Owen, 71; Tamara Durand, 52; Jane Kulich, 52; and Wilhelm Hospel, 81.

6. Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
   1. A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
   2. A town, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
   3. A community in the town of Georgina, Ontario, Canada.
   4. A municipality of Lempira department, Honduras.
   5. A town in County Cavan, Ireland (Irish grid ref N 6087).
   6. A suburb of Monrovia, Liberia.
   7. A gold mining town in the Free State, South Africa.
   8. The former name of an unincorporated community in Placer County, California, now Virginiatown.
   9. A city, the county seat of Cass County, Illinois, United States.
   10. A city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
   11. An unincorporated community in Bates County, Missouri, United States.
   12. A village in Gage County, Nebraska, United States.
   13. A barangay of Santo Niño, Cagayan, Philippines.
   14. A barangay of Laua-an, Antique, Philippines.
   15. A barangay of Culaba, Biliran, Philippines.
7. A surname.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 50 Virginia, ㊿

Derived terms

• Colony and Dominion of Virginia
• Colony of Virginia
• Delmarva
• house in Virginia
• Kenova
• make a Virginia fence
• New Virginia
• Northern Virginia
• VA
• Virginia Beach
• Virginia bluebell (Mertensia virginica)
• Virginia City
• Virginia cowslip (Mertensia virginica)
• Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
• Virginia creeper sphinx (Darapsa myron)
• Virginia fence
• Virginian
• Virginia nightingale (Cardinalis cardinalis)
• Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
• Virginia oyster
• Virginia pennywort (Obolaria virginica)
• Virginia pepperweed (Lepidium virginicum)
• Virginia pine
• Virginia possum (Didelphis virginiana)
• Virginia quail (Colinus virginianus)
• Virginia rail fence
• Virginia rail (Rallus limicola)
• Virginia reel
• Virginia spot
• Virginia stock (Malcolmia maritima)
• Virginia Water
• West Virginia
• yes, Virginia

Related terms

• (given name diminutives) Ginny, Ginger

Descendants

• → Creek: wvcenv

Translations

state

• Arabic: فِيرْجِينِيَا f (firjīniyā), فِرْجِينْيَا f (firjīnyā)

  Egyptian Arabic: ڤيرجينيا f (verjenya)

  Hijazi Arabic: فرجينيا f (virjīnya, firjīnya)

• Armenian: Վիրջինիա (Virǰinia)
• Azerbaijani: Virciniya (az)
• Belarusian: Вірджы́нія f (Virdžýnija)
• Bulgarian: Вирджи́ния f (Virdžínija)
• Burmese: ဗာဂျီးနီးယား (bagyi:ni:ya:)
• Catalan: Virgínia
• Cherokee: ᏩᏥᏂ (watsini)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弗吉尼亞 / 弗吉尼亚 (zh) (Fújíníyà); 維吉尼亞 / 维吉尼亚 (zh) (Wéijíníyà) (Taiwan)

• Czech: Virginie (cs) f
• Danish: Virginia
• Dutch: (archaic) Virginië (nl) f
• Esperanto: Virginio
• Finnish: Virginia (fi)
• French: Virginie (fr) f
• Galician: Virxinia (gl) f
• Georgian: ვირჯინია (virǯinia)
• German: Virginia (de), Virginien (de) n
• Greek: Βιρτζίνια (el) f (Virtzínia)
• Hawaiian: Wilikinia
• Hebrew: וירג׳יניה f (virjínya)
• Hindi: वर्जीनिया (varjīniyā), वर्जिनिया (varjiniyā)
• Icelandic: Virginía (is) f
• Ido: Virginia (io)
• Italian: Virginia (it) f
• Japanese: バージニア (ja) (Bājinia)
• Kannada: ವರ್ಜೀನಿಯಾ (varjīniyā)
• Khmer: វឺជីញ៉ា (vɨɨciiñaa)
• Korean: 버지니아 (Beojinia)
• Kyrgyz: Виржиния (Virjiniya)
• Lao: ເວີຈີເນຍ (wœ̄ chī nīa)
• Latin: Virginia f
• Latvian: Virdžinija f
• Macedonian: Вирџи́нија f (Virdžínija)
• Malayalam: വിർജീനിയ (viṟjīniya)
• Manx: Yn Virjeeney f
• Marathi: व्हर्जिनिया (vharjiniyā)
• Navajo: Bijíniyah Hahoodzo
• Polish: Wirginia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Virgínia (pt) f
• Russian: Вирджи́ния (ru) f (Virdžínija)
• Slovak: Virgínia f
• Spanish: Virginia (es) f
• Tamil: வர்ஜீனியா (varjīṉiyā)
• Telugu: వర్జీనియా (te) (varjīniyā)
• Thai: เวอร์จิเนีย (wəə-jì-niia)
• Turkish: Virginia (tr)
• Ukrainian: Вірджи́нія f (Virdžýnija)
• Yiddish: ווירדזשיניע (virdzhinye)

female given name

• Esperanto: Virginia
• French: Virginie (fr)
• Galician: Virxinia (gl) f
• Greek: Βιργινια f (Virginia), Παρθενία (el) f (Parthenía)
• Hindi: वर्जिनिया f (varjiniyā), वर्जिनिया f (varjiniyā)
• Lao: ເວີຈີເນຍ (wœ̄ chī nīa)
• Marathi: व्हर्जिनिया f (vharjiniyā)
• Polish: Wirginia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Virgínia (pt) f
• Spanish: Virginia (es)
• Thai: เวอร์จิเนีย (wəə-jì-niia)

Asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貞女星 / 贞女星 (Zhēnnǚxīng)

• Galician: Virxinia (gl) f
• Lao: ເວີຈີເນຍ (wœ̄ chī nīa)
• Thai: เวอร์จิเนีย (wəə-jì-niia)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Virginia is the 49365^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 426 individuals. Virginia is most common among White (75.12%) individuals.

Noun

Virginia (plural Virginias)

1. (slang) vagina

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Further reading

• Virginia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Alternative forms

• Virginien (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Virginia.

Proper noun

Virginia (genitive Virginias)

1. Virginia (a state of the United States)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Virginia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋirɡi(ː)niɑ/, [ˈʋirɡi(ː)ˌniɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Vir‧gi‧ni‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): Vir‧gi‧nia

Proper noun

Virginia

1. Virginia (a state of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Virginia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Virginia	—
genitive		Virginian	—
partitive		Virginiaa	—
illative		Virginiaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Virginia	—
accusative	nom.	Virginia	—
	gen.	Virginian
genitive		Virginian	—
partitive		Virginiaa	—
inessive		Virginiassa	—
elative		Virginiasta	—
illative		Virginiaan	—
adessive		Virginialla	—
ablative		Virginialta	—
allative		Virginialle	—
essive		Virginiana	—
translative		Virginiaksi	—
abessive		Virginiatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Virginia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Virginiani — accusative nom. Virginiani — gen. Virginiani genitive Virginiani — partitive Virginiaani — inessive Virginiassani — elative Virginiastani — illative Virginiaani — adessive Virginiallani — ablative Virginialtani — allative Virginialleni — essive Virginianani — translative Virginiakseni — abessive Virginiattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Virginiasi — accusative nom. Virginiasi — gen. Virginiasi genitive Virginiasi — partitive Virginiaasi — inessive Virginiassasi — elative Virginiastasi — illative Virginiaasi — adessive Virginiallasi — ablative Virginialtasi — allative Virginiallesi — essive Virginianasi — translative Virginiaksesi — abessive Virginiattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Virginiamme — accusative nom. Virginiamme — gen. Virginiamme genitive Virginiamme — partitive Virginiaamme — inessive Virginiassamme — elative Virginiastamme — illative Virginiaamme — adessive Virginiallamme — ablative Virginialtamme — allative Virginiallemme — essive Virginianamme — translative Virginiaksemme — abessive Virginiattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Virginianne — accusative nom. Virginianne — gen. Virginianne genitive Virginianne — partitive Virginiaanne — inessive Virginiassanne — elative Virginiastanne — illative Virginiaanne — adessive Virginiallanne — ablative Virginialtanne — allative Virginiallenne — essive Virginiananne — translative Virginiaksenne — abessive Virginiattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Virginiansa — accusative nom. Virginiansa — gen. Virginiansa genitive Virginiansa — partitive Virginiaansa — inessive Virginiassaan Virginiassansa — elative Virginiastaan Virginiastansa — illative Virginiaansa — adessive Virginiallaan Virginiallansa — ablative Virginialtaan Virginialtansa — allative Virginialleen Virginiallensa — essive Virginianaan Virginianansa — translative Virginiakseen Virginiaksensa — abessive Virginiattaan Virginiattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• Länsi-Virginia
• virginianopossumi
• virginianpeura
• virginianpihta

Italian

Virginia

Etymology

Borrowed from English Virginia, from Latin Virginia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /virˈd͡ʒi.nja/
• Rhymes: -inja
• Hyphenation: Vir‧gì‧nia

Proper noun

Virginia f

1. Virginia (a state of the United States)
2. a female given name from Latin

Derived terms

• Virginia Occidentale

Anagrams

• viragini

Latin

Etymology

From earlier Verginia, feminine form of Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. Altered in spelling possibly by folk etymology association with virgō (“maiden, virgin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wɪrˈɡɪ.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [virˈd͡ʒiː.ni.a]

Proper noun

Virginia f (genitive Virginiae, masculine Virginius); first declension

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) a feminine praenomen

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Virginia	Virginiae
genitive	Virginiae	Virginiārum
dative	Virginiae	Virginiīs
accusative	Virginiam	Virginiās
ablative	Virginiā	Virginiīs
vocative	Virginia	Virginiae

Descendants

• English: Virginia
• Spanish: Virginia

References

• “Virginia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Virginia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Proper noun

Virginia f sg (genitive Virginiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Virginia (a state of the United States)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Virginia
genitive	Virginiae
dative	Virginiae
accusative	Virginiam
ablative	Virginiā
vocative	Virginia
locative	Virginiae

Related terms

• Virginia Occidentālis

References

• Henry Beard, Latin for All Occasions, 1990, →ISBN, title page in Latin and English.)

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Virginiader.

English Virginiabor.

Spanish Virginia

Borrowed from English Virginia, from Latin Virginia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biɾˈxinja/ [biɾˈxi.nja]
• Rhymes: -inja
• Syllabification: Vir‧gi‧nia

Proper noun

Virginia f

1. Virginia (a state of the United States)
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Virginia

Derived terms

• Mancomunidad de Virginia
• Virginia Occidental
• virginiano

Further reading

• Virginia on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es