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.

Tidewater region → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Tysons → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

Tysons Corner Center → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Tysons Galleria → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

U.S. Army Sustainment Center of Excellence → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

U.S. Civil Rights Trail → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

U.S. Route 29 Business in Lovingston → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: U.S. Route 29 Business (Lovingston)

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

U.S. Route 29 Business in Madison → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: U.S. Route 29 Business (Madison, Virginia)

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

U.S. Route 29 Business in Warrenton → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: U.S. Route 29 Business (Warrenton)

U.S. Route 29 Business in Culpeper → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

U.S. Route 501 → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

United States Army Institute of Heraldry → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

University of Richmond → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Vienna Community Center → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News metropolitan area → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Virginia Gateway shopping center → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Virginia Gateway

Virginia Military Institute → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

Virginia Peninsula → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Virginia Ratifying Convention → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

Virginia State Route 55 → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Virginia Union University → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Virginia horse country → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Wallops Flight Facility → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Warren County, Virginia → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

Warrenton Historic District → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

IAD → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington Dulles International Airport

Washington and Lee University → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Washington metropolitan area → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

West End → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: West End (Alexandria, Virginia)

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

Westmoreland County, Virginia → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Widewater, Virginia → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

Wilson Boulevard → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Women in Military Service for America Memorial → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Woodbridge Campus → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Yorktown → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Yorktown Victory Monument → locatedIn → Virginia ⓘ

Alexandria City Hall → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

CIA Headquarters → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

CIA Museum → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Virginia ⓘ

DeWitt Army Community Hospital → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Virginia ⓘ

Headquarters Marine Corps → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Virginia ⓘ

Naval Support Facility Arlington → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

Office of the Secretary of Defense → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Virginia ⓘ

Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, United States → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Shockoe Hill Cemetery

Del Ray → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia