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Virginia <ref name="term_81235" /> | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_192876" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) One of the States of the United States of America. </p> <p> (2): (a.) Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_81235" /> == | |||
<p> One of the United States of America, a State somewhat larger than Scotland, between [[Maryland]] and North Carolina, so named by its founder Sir [[Walter]] Raleigh in honour of [[Queen]] Elizabeth; is divided from West [[Virginia]] by the Appalachians; it is well watered; the soil, which is fertile, yields the finest cotton and tobacco, and minerals, particularly coal and iron, are abundant; the largest city is Richmond, with flour-mills. </p> | <p> One of the United States of America, a State somewhat larger than Scotland, between [[Maryland]] and North Carolina, so named by its founder Sir [[Walter]] Raleigh in honour of [[Queen]] Elizabeth; is divided from West [[Virginia]] by the Appalachians; it is well watered; the soil, which is fertile, yields the finest cotton and tobacco, and minerals, particularly coal and iron, are abundant; the largest city is Richmond, with flour-mills. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_192876"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/virginia Virginia from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_81235"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/virginia Virginia from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_81235"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/virginia Virginia from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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