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| Charleston |
the capital of West Virginia. [1/3 definitions] |
| House of Burgesses |
formerly, the assembly of legislative representatives in colonial Virginia. |
| House of Delegates |
the lower house of the state legislatures of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. |
| lungwort |
a related American plant having grayish leaves and bearing bell-shaped blue flowers; bluebell; Virginia cowslip. [1/2 definitions] |
| Maryland |
an east central U.S. state on the Atlantic coast between Delaware and Virginia. (abbr.: MD) |
| MD |
abbreviation of "Maryland," an east central U.S. state on the Atlantic coast between Delaware and Virginia. |
| NC |
abbreviation of "North Carolina," a southeastern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast between Virginia and South Carolina. |
| North Carolina |
a southeastern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast between Virginia and South Carolina. (abbr.: NC) |
| Potomac |
a U.S. river that flows from West Virginia along the border of Washington, DC, and into the Atlantic. |
| Richmond |
the capital of Virginia. |
| Sir Walter Raleigh |
an English explorer who founded a short-lived colony on what is now Roanoke Island, Virginia (b.1554--d.1618). |
| VA1 |
abbreviation of "Virginia," a southern U.S. state on the Atlantic coast between Maryland and North Carolina. |
| Virginia cowslip |
a woodland perennial of eastern North America bearing clusters of blue or purple bell-shaped flowers; Virginia bluebell. |
| Virginia Woolf |
English novelist and essayist, noted for her use of modernist techniques such as stream of consciousness and interior monologue; born Virginia Stephens (b.1882--d.1941). |
| West Virginia |
an eastern U.S. state northwest of Virginia. (abbr.: WV) |
| woodbine |
any of various climbing vines, such as the European honeysuckle or the American Virginia creeper. |
| WV |
abbreviation of "West Virginia," an eastern U.S. state northwest of Virginia. |
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