Virginia
English
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Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Proper noun
Virginia
- The Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States of America.
- Synonyms: Old Dominion, State of Virginia, VA, Va., Virg.
- The area claimed by Virginia, including what are now West Virginia and Kentucky.
- (astronomy) 50 Virginia, a main belt asteroid.
- A female given name from Latin.
- 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!
- 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.
- 1380s-1390s, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales: The Physician's Prologue and Tale
- Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere
- A city, the county seat of Cass County, Illinois, United States.
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Further reading
Danish
Alternative forms
- Virginien (rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from English Virginia.
Proper noun
Virginia (genitive Virginias)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Virginia
- Virginia (a state of the United States)
Declension
Inflection of Virginia (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
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Italian
Etymology
From Latin Virginia; the place name is borrowed through English Virginia.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Virginia f
- Virginia (a state of the United States)
- a female given name from Latin.
Derived terms
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): /u̯irˈɡi.ni.a/, [u̯ɪrˈɡɪniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /virˈd͡ʒi.ni.a/, [virˈd͡ʒiːniä]
Proper noun
Virginia f (genitive Virginiae, masculine Virginius); first declension
- A feminine praenomen.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | Virginia | Virginiae |
Genitive | Virginiae | Virginiārum |
Dative | Virginiae | Virginiīs |
Accusative | Virginiam | Virginiās |
Ablative | Virginiā | Virginiīs |
Vocative | Virginia | Virginiae |
Descendants
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.
Spanish
Etymology
English Virginia, from Latin Virginia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Virginia f
- Virginia (state)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Virginia.
Related terms
See also
- Virginia on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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