West Virginia

West Virginia Abbr. WV or W.Va.

A state of the east-central United States. It was admitted as the 35th state in 1863. West Virginia was part of Virginia until the area refused to endorse the ordinance of secession in 1861. Charleston is the capital and the largest city. Population: 1,810,000.

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West Virginian adj. & n.

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West Virginia

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(Placename) a state of the eastern US: part of Virginia until the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861); consists chiefly of the Allegheny Plateau; bounded on the west by the Ohio River; coal-mining. Capital: Charleston. Pop.: 1 808 344 (1997 est.). Area: 62 341 sq. km (24 070 sq. miles) Abbreviations W. Va (with zip code), WV

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West Virginia - a state in east central United States Mountain State, WV U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - 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; achieved independence in 1776 Beckley - a city in southern West Virginia capital of West Virginia, Charleston - state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river Clarksburg - a city in northern West Virginia Fayetteville - a town in central West Virginia on the New River Huntington - a city of western West Virginia on the Ohio river at the mouth of the Kanawha Harper's Ferry, Harpers Ferry - a small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there Morgantown - a city in northern West Virginia on the Monongahela river near the Pennsylvania border; site of the University of West Virginia Parkersburg - a city in northwestern West Virginia on the Ohio river Wheeling - a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river Alleghenies, Allegheny Mountains - the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia Kanawha, Kanawha River - a tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia Monongahela, Monongahela River - a 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 Potomac, Potomac River - a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay