va

noun

1. a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War

   Synonyms

   • Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA

   Parts

   • Shenandoah National Park, Richmond, capital of Virginia, Blacksburg, Jamestown, Newport News, Norfolk, Lynchburg, Portsmouth, Roanoke, Virginia Beach, Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Petersburg (more) , Spotsylvania, Yorktown, Mount Vernon, Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains, Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge, Chesapeake Bay, Clinch River, Elizabeth River, Hampton Roads, James, James River, Potomac, Potomac River, Rappahannock, Rappahannock River, Shenandoah River, Shenandoah Valley

   Part of

   • United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U, USA, U, South

   Member of

   • Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland

2. the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989

   Synonyms

   • Department of Veterans Affairs, VA

   Less specific

   • executive department