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West Virginia (state) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 39 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 080 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -80.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by mammoth-hunters 12,000 BCE, by Archaic People 9,000 BCE and Mound Builders ca. 500 BCE, then Fort Ancient people; Iroquois League dominated by 1650; Europeans settled in 17th-18th cen.; invaded by British during Revolution; pro-Union in Civil War. |
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West Virginia (preferred,C,V,English)
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............ | "Virginia" was term originally applied to larger area, named after Queen Elizabeth I of England, "the Virgin Queen" |
WV (C,V,USPS)
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Анăç Вирджини (C,U,Chuvash)
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Ныгуылæн Вирджини (C,U,Ossetian/Ossetic)
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Albugang Virginia (C,U,Pampanga)
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Batı Virginia (C,U,Turkish)
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Eʼeʼaahjí Bijiniyah Hahoodzo (C,U,Navajo)
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Gʻarbiy Virjiniya (C,U,Uzbek)
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Gorllewin Virginia (C,U,Welsh)
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Günbatısı Virginiya (C,U,Gagauz)
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Ìwọ̀orùn Firginia (C,U,Yoruba)
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Kanlurang Virginia (C,U,Tagalog)
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Kuarahyresẽ Virginia (C,U,Guarani)
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Lääne-Virginia (C,U,Estonian)
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Länsi-Virginia (C,U,Finnish)
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Mendebaldeko Virginia (C,U,Basque)
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Mountain State (C,U,English)
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Nyugat-Virginia (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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Oarje-Virginia (C,U,Northern Sami)
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Okcidenta Virginio (C,U,Esperanto)
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Qərbi Virciniya (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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Rietumvirdžīnija (C,U,Latvian)
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Sî Virginia (C,U,Chinese, Hakka)
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State of West Virginia (C,U,English)
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Tây Virginia (C,U,Vietnamese)
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Vakarū Virdžinėjė (C,U,Samogitian)
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Vakarų Virdžinija (C,U,Lithuanian)
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Vestur-Virginía (C,U,Icelandic)
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Vest-Virginia (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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Vest-Virginia (Norwegian)
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Vijini de Lwès (C,U,Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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Virchinia Occidental (C,U,Aragonese)
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Virginia an Iar (C,U,Scots Gaelic)
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Virginia Barat (C,U,Indonesian)
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Virginia Barat (Malay (macrolanguage))
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Virgínia de lOest (C,U,Catalan)
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Virginia del West (C,U,Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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Virginia de Vest (C,U,Romanian)
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Virginia du Ponant (C,U,Arpitan)
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Virginia Occidental (C,U,Ladino)
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Virginia Occidental (Spanish)
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Virgínia Occidentala (C,U,Occitan)
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Virginia Occidentale (C,U,Italian)
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Virginia Occidentalis (C,U,Latin)
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Virgínia Ocidental (C,U,Portuguese)
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Virginia Ossidental (C,U,Piemontese)
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Virgìnia Otzidentale (C,U,Sardinian)
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Virginia Thiar (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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Virginia Tlāpcopa (C,U,Nahuatl)
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Virginia Tutrimt (C,U,Kabyle)
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Virginia Uccidintali (C,U,Sicilian)
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Virginie-Occidentale (C,U,French)
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Virginnia Oççidentâ (C,U,Ligurian)
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Vîrjînyaya Rojava (C,U,Kurdish)
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Virxinia Occidental (C,U,Asturian)
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Virxinia Occidental (Galician)
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Vyrjynia West (C,U,Cornish)
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Wast Virginie (C,U,Scots)
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Wescht Wirschini (C,U,Pennsylvania German)
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Westal Virginia (C,U,Ido)
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West-Firginia (C,U,Western Frisian)
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West-Virginia (C,U,Low German)
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Westvirginia (C,U,Anglo-Saxon)
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West Virginia suyu (C,U,Quechuan)
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West Virginia suyu (Ayamará)
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Wes-Virginië (C,U,Afrikaans)
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Wilikinia Komohana (C,U,Hawaiian)
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Wirginia Zachodnia (C,U,Polish)
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Yn Virjeeney Heear (C,U,Gaelic, indigenous Manx)
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Zachodńo Wirgińijo (C,U,Silesian)
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Zahodna Virginija (C,U,Slovene)
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Zapadna Virdzinija (C,U)
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Zapadna Virginia (C,U,Croatian)
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Zapadna Virginia (Bosnian)
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Západná Virgínia (C,U,Slovak)
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Západní Virginie (C,U,Czech)
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ዌስት ቨርጂኒያ (C,U,Amharic)
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וועסט ווירדזשיניע (C,U,Yiddish)
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Западна Вирджиния (C,U,Bulgarian)
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Штат Заходняя Віргінія (C,U,Belarusian)
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ویسٹ ورجینیا (C,U,Panjabi, Western)
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Вадывел Виргини (C,U,Western Mari)
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غەربىي ۋىرگىنىيە شىتاتى (C,U,Uyghur)
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Баруун Вирджини (C,U,Russia Buriat)
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וירגיניה המערבית (C,U,Hebrew )
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Көнбатыш Виргиния (C,U,Tatar)
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पश्चिम वर्जीनिया (C,U,Hindi)
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웨스트버지니아 주 (C,U,Korean)
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مغربی ورجینیا (C,U,Urdu)
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فيرجينيا الغربية (C,U,Arabic)
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वेस्ट भर्जिनिया (C,U,Nepali)
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ವೆಸ್ಟ್ ವರ್ಜೀನಿಯ (C,U,Kannada)
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ڤیرجینیای ڕۆژاوا (C,U,Central Kurdish)
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รัฐเวสต์เวอร์จิเนีย (C,U,Thai)
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დასავლეთი ვირჯინია (C,U,Georgian)
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Західна Вірджинія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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ڤیرجینیا أفتونئشین (C,U,Northern Luri)
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ਪੱਛਮੀ ਵਰਜਿਨੀਆ (C,U,Panjabi, Eastern)
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ویرجینیای غربی (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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Касвел Виргиний (C,U)
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Баруун Виржини (C,U,Mongolian)
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Көнбайыш Виргиния (C,U,Bashkir)
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Западная Виргиния (C,U,Russian)
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ウェストバージニア州 (C,U,Japanese)
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Δυτική Βιρτζίνια (C,U,Greek)
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वेस्त भर्जिनिया (C,U,Newari)
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အနောက် ဗာဂျီးနီးယားပြည်နယ် (C,U,Burmese)
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மேற்கு வர்ஜீனியா (C,U,Tamil)
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غربی ویرجینیا (C,U,Mazanderani)
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Батыс Виргиния (C,U,Kazakh)
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غرب ویرجینیا ایالتی (C,U,Azerbaijani, South)
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वेस्ट वर्जिनिया (C,U,Sanskrit)
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Барун Виирҗин (C,U,Kalmyk)
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فيرجينيا الغربيه (C,U,Arabic, Egyptian)
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西維吉尼亞州 (C,U,Chinese)
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Западна Вирџинија (C,U,Serbian)
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Западна Вирџинија (Macedonian)
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पश्चिम भर्जिनिया (C,U,Pali)
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పశ్చిమ వర్జీనియా (C,U,Telugu)
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പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ വിർജീന്യ (C,U,Malayalam)
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Малхбузера Виргини (C,U,Chechen)
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वेस्ट व्हर्जिनिया (C,U,Marathi)
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পশ্চিম ভার্জিনিয়া (C,U,Bengali)
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Արևմտյան Վիրջինիա (C,U,Armenian)
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Арҕаа Вирдьиния (C,U,Yakut)
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西維珍尼亞州 (C,U,Chinese, Yue)
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ওয়েস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া (C,U,Bishnupriya Manipuri)
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state (preferred, B) |
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separated from Virginia over issue of secession from the Union in 1861, formally a state since June 20, 1863 |
first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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capital is .... |
Charleston .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, West Virginia, Kanawha county) [7013583] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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အနောက် ဗာဂျီးနီးယားပြည်နယ်.......... |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 4826850 |
Eʼeʼaahjí Bijiniyah Hahoodzo.......... |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 4826850 |
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