- a state in the eastern United States, on the Atlantic coast: part of the historical South. 40,815 square miles (105,710 square kilometers). Capital: Richmond. Abbreviations: VA (for use with zip code), Va.
- a town in northeastern Minnesota.
- Merrimac.
- a female given name: from a Roman family name.
- a type of flue-cured tobacco grown originally in Virginia
- a state of the eastern US, on the Atlantic: site of the first permanent English settlement in North America; consists of a low-lying deeply indented coast rising inland to the Piedmont plateau and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Capital: Richmond. Pop: 7 386 330 (2003 est). Area: 103 030 sq km (39 780 sq miles)