HyperDic: west_virginia

English > 1 sense of the expression West Virginia:
NOUNlocationWest Virginia, Mountain State, WV, W.V.a state in east central United States
English > West Virginia: 1 sense > noun 1, location
MeaningA state in east central United States.
SynonymsMountain State, WV, W.V.
Instance ofAmerican stateOne of the 50 states of the United States
Part ofUnited States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean
PartsAlleghenies, Allegheny MountainsThe western part of the Appalachian Mountains
BeckleyA city in southern West Virginia
Charleston, capital of West VirginiaState capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river
ClarksburgA city in northern West Virginia
FayettevilleA town in central West Virginia on the New River
Harpers Ferry, Harper's FerryA small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers / followers who captured an arsenal that was located there
HuntingtonA city of western West Virginia on the Ohio river at the mouth of the Kanawha
Kanawha, Kanawha RiverA tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia
Monongahela, Monongahela RiverA river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows north into Pennsylvania where it joins the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River
MorgantownA city in northern West Virginia on the Monongahela river near the Pennsylvania border
ParkersburgA city in northwestern West Virginia on the Ohio river
Potomac, Potomac RiverA river in the east central United States
WheelingA city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river
SpanishVirginia Occidental, Virginia Oeste, West Virginia
CatalanVirgínia de l'Oest, Virginía Occidental, West Virginia

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