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Virginia
British colony in North America, name appears on a map in 1587, named for Elizabeth I, the
Virgin Queen.
The fem. proper name is from Latin
Virginia
, fem. of
Virginius
, earlier
Verginius
, probably related to
Vergilius
(cf.
virgilian
).
