old dominion state
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1. a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War (noun.location)
instance hypernym | : | american state, |
definition | : | one of the 50 states of the United States (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | shenandoah national park, |
definition | : | a national park in Virginia for the Blue Ridge Mountains (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | capital of virginia, richmond, |
definition | : | capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | blacksburg, |
definition | : | a university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mountains (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | jamestown, |
definition | : | a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607 (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | newport news, |
definition | : | a port city in southeastern Virginia at the mouth of the James River off Hampton Roads; large shipyards (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | norfolk, |
definition | : | port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay; headquarters of the Atlantic fleet of the United States Navy (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | lynchburg, |
definition | : | a city in central Virginia (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | portsmouth, |
definition | : | a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | roanoke, |
definition | : | a city in southwestern Virginia (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | virginia beach, |
definition | : | the largest city in Virginia; long overshadowed by Norfolk but growing rapidly since 1970; with 28 miles of public beaches tourism is a major factor in the economy; site of three United States Navy bases (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | bull run, |
definition | : | a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | chancellorsville, |
definition | : | a village in northeastern Virginia (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | fredericksburg, |
definition | : | a town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | petersburg, |
definition | : | a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | spotsylvania, |
definition | : | a village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil War (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | yorktown, |
definition | : | a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | mount vernon, |
definition | : | the former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river (noun.location) |
part holonym | : | alleghenies, allegheny mountains, |
definition | : | the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | blue ridge, blue ridge mountains, |
definition | : | a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | chesapeake bay, |
definition | : | a large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland; fed by Susquehanna River (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | clinch river, |
definition | : | a river that rises in southwestern Virginia and flows generally southwestward across eastern Tennessee to the Tennessee River (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | elizabeth river, |
definition | : | a short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth into Hampton Roads (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | hampton roads, |
definition | : | a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | james, james river, |
definition | : | a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | potomac, potomac river, |
definition | : | a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | shenandoah river, |
definition | : | a river of northern Virginia that empties into the Potomac at Harpers Ferry (noun.object) |
part holonym | : | shenandoah valley, |
definition | : | a large valley between the Allegheny Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia; site of numerous battles during the American Civil War (noun.object) |
part meronym | : | south, |
definition | : | the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line (noun.location) |
domain member region | : | battle of bull run, bull run, |
definition | : | either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | chancellorsville, |
definition | : | a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | battle of fredericksburg, fredericksburg, |
definition | : | an important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | petersburg, petersburg campaign, |
definition | : | the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | wilderness campaign, |
definition | : | American Civil War; a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign (1864) against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | siege of yorktown, yorktown, |
definition | : | in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution (noun.act) |
domain member region | : | wilderness, |
definition | : | a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War (noun.object) |
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