West Virginia

English

Map of US highlighting West Virginia

Etymology

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West + Virginia

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛst vɚˈdʒɪn.jə/

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Proper noun

West Virginia

1. A state of the United States.

Derived terms

• West Virginian
• WV

Translations

US state

• Arabic: فِيرْجِينْيَا اَلْغَرْبِيَّة f (firjīnyā l-ḡarbiyya)
• Basque: Mendebaldeko Virginia
• Bulgarian: За́падна Вирджи́ния f (Západna Virdžínija)
• Catalan: Virgínia de l'Oest f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西維吉尼亞 / 西维吉尼亚 (Xī-Wéijíníyà)

• Czech: Západní Virginie (cs)
• Danish: West Virginia
• Esperanto: Okcidenta Virginio
• Estonian: Lääne-Virginia (et)
• Finnish: Länsi-Virginia (fi)
• French: Virginie-Occidentale (fr) f
• Galician: Virxinia Occidental f
• Georgian: დასავლეთი ვირჯინია (dasavleti virǯinia)
• German: West Virginia (de)
• Greek: Δυτική Βιρτζίνια (el) f (Dytikí Virtzínia)
• Hindi: वेस्ट वर्जीनिया (vesṭ varjīniyā), पश्चिमी वर्जीनिया (paścimī varjīniyā)
• Hungarian: Nyugat-Virginia (hu)
• Icelandic: Vestur-Virginía f
• Ido: West-Virginia
• Italian: Virginia Occidentale (it) f
• Japanese: ウェストバージニア (Wesuto Bājinia)
• Khmer: វេសវឺជីញ៉ា (veihvɨɨciiñaa)
• Korean: 웨스트버지니아 (Weseuteubeojinia)
• Kyrgyz: Батыш Виржиния (Batış Virjiniya)
• Lao: ເວສເວີຈີເນຍ (wēt wœ̄ chī nīa), ເວີຈີເນຍຕາເວັນຕົກ (wœ̄ chī nīa tā wen tok)
• Macedonian: За́падна Вирџи́нија f (Západna Virdžínija)
• Malay: Virginia Barat
• Navajo: Eʼeʼaahjí Bijíniyah Hahoodzo
• Polish: Wirginia Zachodnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Virgínia Ocidental (pt) f
• Romanian: Virginia de Vest f
• Russian: За́падная Вирджи́ния f (Západnaja Virdžínija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Западна Виргиниа

  Roman: Zapadna Virginia f

• Slovak: Západná Virgínia f
• Spanish: Virginia Occidental (es) f
• Swedish: Västvirginia
• Thai: เวสต์เวอร์จิเนีย (wés-wəə-jì-niia)
• Turkish: West Virginia
• Ukrainian: За́хідна Вірджи́нія f (Záxidna Virdžýnija)
• Uyghur: غەربىي ۋىرگىنىيە (gherbiy wirginiye)
• Yiddish: וועסט ווירדזשיניע (vest virdzhinye)

Further reading

• West Virginia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English West Virginia.

Proper noun

West Virginia (genitive West Virginias)

1. West Virginia (a state of the United States)