Old Dominion

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Old Dominion
    n 1: a state in the eastern United States; one of the original
         13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American
         Civil War [syn: {Virginia}, {Old Dominion}, {Old Dominion
         State}, {VA}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Old Dominion \Old Dominion\
   Virginia; -- a name of uncertain origin, perh. from the old
   designation of the colony as "the Colony and Dominion of
   Virginia."
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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