Virginia

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U.S. state state of the United States

Virginia is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions, known for its pivotal role in American history, including being home to several early presidents and key Revolutionary and Civil War sites.

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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form	Occurrences
Commonwealth of Virginia	136
Virginia, United States	10
VA	4
US-VA	3
state of Virginia	2
Commonwealth of Virginia (after retrocession)	1
Confederate state of Virginia	1
E.D. Va.	1
Government of Virginia	1
U.S. state of Virginia	1
Virginia (American Dad! setting)	1
Virginia (before 1863)	1
Virginia (former jurisdiction)	1
West Virginia	1
present-day Virginia	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. state ⓘ state of the United States ⓘ
admittedToUnion	1788-06-25 ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
bordersDistrict	District of Columbia ⓘ
bordersState	Kentucky ⓘ Maryland ⓘ North Carolina ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ West Virginia ⓘ
capital	Richmond, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Richmond
capitalDuringCivilWar	Richmond, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Richmond
country	United States of America ⓘ
executiveHead	Governor of Virginia ⓘ
hasHistoricSite	Appomattox Court House, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Appomattox Court House Jamestown ⓘ Monticello ⓘ Mount Vernon, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Mount Vernon Williamsburg ⓘ Yorktown ⓘ
hasMajorMilitaryInstallation	Naval Station Norfolk ⓘ Pentagon ⓘ
hasMountainRange	Appalachian Mountains ⓘ surface form: Blue Ridge Mountains
hasNationalPark	Shenandoah National Park ⓘ
hasRegion	Shenandoah Valley ⓘ
hasRiver	James River ⓘ Potomac River ⓘ Rappahannock River ⓘ Shenandoah River ⓘ
hasScenicRoad	Blue Ridge Parkway ⓘ
homeOfPresident	George Washington ⓘ James Madison ⓘ James Monroe ⓘ John Tyler ⓘ Thomas Jefferson ⓘ William Henry Harrison ⓘ Woodrow Wilson ⓘ Zachary Taylor ⓘ
ISOCode	Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: US-VA
largestCity	Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States ⓘ surface form: Virginia Beach
largestMetropolitanArea	Washington metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Washington–Arlington–Alexandria metropolitan area
legislature	Virginia General Assembly ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic Southern United States ⓘ surface form: Southeastern United States
locatedOnContinent	North America ⓘ
motto	Sic semper tyrannis ⓘ
namedAfter	Elizabeth I of England ⓘ surface form: Queen Elizabeth I of England
nickname	Mother of Presidents ⓘ Old Dominion ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
postalAbbreviation	Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: VA
ratified	United States Constitution ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Confederate States of America ⓘ
wasColonyOf	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ

Referenced by (958)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln → BoothDiedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Greene County, Virginia → ISOCode → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: US-VA

Virginia → ISOCode → Virginia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: US-VA

Hurricane Agnes 1972 → affectedArea → Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Hurricane Agnes (1972)

Hurricane Katrina → affectedU.S.State → Virginia ⓘ

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia → alsoKnownAs → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: E.D. Va.

Old Dominion → appliesTo → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. state of Virginia

Governor of Virginia → appliesToJurisdiction → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments → appliesToJurisdiction → Virginia ⓘ

Tri-State Oversight Committee → appliesToJurisdiction → Virginia ⓘ

Virginia Ratifying Convention → appliesToJurisdiction → Virginia ⓘ

Washington Metrorail Safety Commission → appliesToJurisdiction → Virginia ⓘ

Virginia congressional delegation → appliesToTerritory → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: state of Virginia

Army of the Potomac → areaOfOperations → Virginia ⓘ

Board of Visitors → associatedWith → Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Board of Visitors (Virginia Military Institute)

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

University of Virginia School of Law → barPassageFocus → Virginia ⓘ

Re-Up Gang → basedIn → Virginia ⓘ

The Neptunes → basedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Virginia Squires → basedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Ohio River → basinIncludesState → Virginia ⓘ

John Tyler → birthPlace → Virginia ⓘ

Pocahontas → birthPlace → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: present-day Virginia

William Henry Harrison → birthPlace → Virginia ⓘ

William L. Cabell → birthPlace → Virginia ⓘ

Carolinas → borderedBy → Virginia ⓘ

Hagerstown–Martinsburg, MD–WV Metropolitan Statistical Area → borderedBy → Virginia ⓘ

Kentucky → borderedBy → Virginia ⓘ

Maryland → borderedBy → Virginia ⓘ

North Carolina Coastal Plain → borderedBy → Virginia ⓘ

West Virginia → borderedBy → Virginia ⓘ

Summers County → borderedByState → Virginia ⓘ

Granville County, North Carolina → borderingState → Virginia ⓘ

Eden, North Carolina → borderingStateNearby → Virginia ⓘ

Oakvale, West Virginia → borderingStateNearby → Virginia ⓘ

District of Columbia → borders → Virginia ⓘ

Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia → borders → Virginia ⓘ

Frederick County, Maryland → borders → Virginia ⓘ

Granville County, North Carolina → borders → Virginia ⓘ

Monroe County → borders → Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Monroe County, West Virginia

North Carolina → borders → Virginia ⓘ

Person County, North Carolina → borders → Virginia ⓘ

Tennessee (eastern portion) → borders → Virginia ⓘ

Washington, D.C. → borders → Virginia ⓘ

Washington, D.C. (administrative base via the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts) → borders → Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington, D.C.

Western Maryland → borders → Virginia ⓘ

Mercer County → bordersState → Virginia ⓘ

Tennessee → bordersState → Virginia ⓘ

Caswell County, North Carolina → bordersWith → Virginia ⓘ

Richmond, Virginia → capitalOf → Virginia ⓘ

Virginia Company of London → colonized → Virginia ⓘ