Virginia

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• Received-Pronunciation: /vəˈd͡ʒɪn.i.ə/
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• General-American: /vəɹˈd͡ʒɪn.jə/
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• rhymes with -ɪniə
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• CMU ARPABET: V ER0 JH IH1 N Y AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فِيرْجِينِيَا (firjīniyā) — state
• Arabic: فِرْجِينْيَا (firjīnyā) — state
• Arabic: ڤيرجينيا (verjenya) — state
• Arabic: فرجينيا (virjīnya, firjīnya) — state
• Bulgarian: Вирджи́ния (Virdžínija) — state
• Catalan: Virgínia — state
• Cherokee: ᏩᏥᏂ (watsini) — state
• Chinese Mandarin: 弗吉尼亞 /弗吉尼亚 (Fújíníyà) — state
• Chinese Mandarin: 維吉尼亞 /维吉尼亚 (Wéijíníyà) — state
• Czech: Virginie — state
• Danish: Virginia — state
• Dutch: Virginië — state
• Esperanto: Virginio — state
• Finnish: Virginia — state
• French: Virginie — state
• Galician: Virxinia — state
• Georgian: ვირჯინია (virǯinia) — state
• German: Virginia — state
• German: Virginien — state
• Greek: Βιρτζίνια (Virtzínia) — state
• Hawaiian: Wilikinia — state
• Hindi: वर्जीनिया (varjīniyā) — state
• Hindi: वर्जिनिया (varjiniyā) — state
• Icelandic: Virginía — state
• Ido: Virginia — state
• Italian: Virginia — state
• Japanese: バージニア (Bājinia) — state
• Khmer: វឺជីញ៉ា (vɨɨciiñaa) — state
• Korean: 버지니아 (Beojinia) — state
• Kyrgyz: Виржиния (Virjiniya) — state
• Lao: ເວີຈີເນຍ (wœ̄ chī nīa) — state
• Latin: Virginia — state
• Latvian: Virdžinija — state
• Macedonian: Вирџи́нија (Virdžínija) — state
• Manx: Yn Virjeeney — state
• Marathi: व्हर्जिनिया (vharjiniyā) — state
• Navajo: Bijíniyah Hahoodzo — state
• Polish: Wirginia — state
• Portuguese: Virgínia — state
• Russian: Вирджи́ния (Virdžínija) — state
• Slovak: Virgínia — state
• Spanish: Virginia — state
• Telugu: వర్జీనియా (varjīniyā) — state
• Thai: เวอร์จิเนีย (wəə-jì-niia) — state
• Turkish: Virginia — state
• Ukrainian: Вірджи́нія (Virdžýnija) — state
• Yiddish: ווירדזשיניע (virdzhinye) — state
• Esperanto: Virginia — female given name
• French: Virginie — female given name
• Galician: Virxinia — female given name
• Greek: Βιργινια — female given name
• Greek: Παρθενία (Parthenía) — female given name
• Hindi: वर्जिनिया (varjiniyā) — female given name
• Lao: ເວີຈີເນຍ (wœ̄ chī nīa) — female given name
• Marathi: व्हर्जिनिया (vharjiniyā) — female given name
• Polish: Wirginia — female given name
• Portuguese: Virgínia — female given name
• Spanish: Virginia — female given name
• Thai: เวอร์จิเนีย (wəə-jì-niia) — female given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 貞女星 /贞女星 (Zhēnnǚxīng) — Asteroid
• Galician: Virxinia — Asteroid
• Lao: ເວີຈີເນຍ (wœ̄ chī nīa) — Asteroid
• Thai: เวอร์จิเนีย (wəə-jì-niia) — Asteroid