| virginia | (n) a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War, Syn. Old Dominion, VA, Old Dominion State |
| Old Dominion | . Virginia; -- a name of uncertain origin, perh. from the old designation of the colony as “the Colony and Dominion of Virginia.” [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |