VA

abbr.
1 US Veterans' Administration.
2 Vicar Apostolic.
3 Vice Admiral.
4 US Virginia (in official postal use).
5 (in the UK) Order of Victoria and Albert.

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noun

1. the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989

• Syn: ↑Department of Veterans Affairs

• Hypernyms: ↑executive department

2. 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

• Members of this Region:

↑Bull Run, ↑Battle of Bull Run, ↑Chancellorsville, ↑Fredericksburg, ↑Battle of Fredericksburg, ↑Petersburg, ↑Petersburg Campaign, ↑Spotsylvania, ↑battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, ↑Wilderness Campaign, ↑Yorktown, ↑siege of Yorktown, ↑Wilderness

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑American state

• Member Holonyms: ↑Confederacy, ↑Confederate States, ↑Confederate States of America, ↑South, ↑Dixie, ↑Dixieland

• Part Holonyms:

↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑South

• Part Meronyms:

↑Shenandoah National Park, ↑Richmond, ↑capital of Virginia, ↑Blacksburg, ↑Jamestown, ↑Newport News, ↑Norfolk, ↑Lynchburg, ↑Portsmouth, ↑Roanoke, ↑Virginia Beach, ↑Bull Run, ↑Chancellorsville, ↑Fredericksburg, ↑Petersburg, ↑Spotsylvania, ↑Yorktown, ↑Mount Vernon, ↑Alleghenies, ↑Allegheny Mountains, ↑Blue Ridge Mountains, ↑Blue Ridge, ↑Chesapeake Bay, ↑Clinch River, ↑Elizabeth River, ↑Hampton Roads, ↑James, ↑James River, ↑Potomac, ↑Potomac River, ↑Rappahannock, ↑Rappahannock River, ↑Shenandoah River, ↑Shenandoah Valley

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abbreviation

1. variance

2. viola

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1. See Veterans Administration.

2. Virginia (approved esp. for use with zip code).

3. Also, va Elect. volt-ampere; volt-amperes.

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abbrev

1. Vicar Apostolic

2. Vice-Admiral

3. (Royal Order of) Victoria and Albert

4. Virginia (US state; also Va.)

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va (no periods),

volt-ampere.

v.a.,

active verb.

Va.,

the state of Virginia.

VA (no periods),

1. Veterans Administration (an independent agency of the U.S. government, established July 21, 1930, to administer veterans' benefits, such as pensions, hospital care, education, and insurance).

2. Virginia (with postal Zip Code).

V.A.,

an abbreviation for the following:

1. Veterans Administration.

2. Vicar Apostolic.

3. Vice-Admiral.

4. British. Royal Order of Victoria and Albert.

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abbr.

■ (in the UK) Order of Victoria and Albert

■ Veterans Affairs (formerly Veterans Administration)

■ Vicar Apostolic

■ Vice Admiral

■ Virginia (in official postal use)

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abbr

1 Veterans Administration

2 Veterans Affairs

a VA hospital

3 Virginia

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VA [VA] ;

» ↑Department of Veterans Affairs

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va

southern ME. var. foe n.; obs. Sc. f. way n., woe n. and a.