West Virginia

English

Map of US highlighting West Virginia

Etymology

From being formed (during the American Civil War) from the western counties of the state of Virginia, which wanted to remain loyal to the Union and set up a rival government to the Confederate state government in Richmond.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛst vɚˈdʒɪn.jə/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

West Virginia

2. A state of the United States. Capital and largest city: Charleston.
   • 2025 March 29, Kristen Rogers, “Over half of US states are trying to eliminate food dyes. Here’s what you can do now”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The dyes portion of the West Virginia law will be enacted in schools beginning August 1. Then the dyes portion and the section on butylated hydroxyanisole and propylparaben will take effect statewide on January 1, 2028.

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)