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Old Dominion

Old Dominion proper noun: official nickname for Virginia: a state of the United States; originally the nickname given by Charles II of England to the Colony of Virginia.

Proper noun

Old Dominion

  1. Official nickname for Virginia: a state of the United States; originally the nickname given by Charles II of England to the Colony of Virginia.
    • Attracted by better soils, cheap and properly surveyed land, and easier access to markets, hundreds of thousands fled Virginia in the first half of the nineteenth century, causing the Old Dominion to cease to be the most populous state in the Union.2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 17, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN

Origin of Old Dominion

Perhaps from the former designation of the colony as the Colony and Dominion of Virginia.

Questions about Old Dominion

What does Old Dominion mean?
Old Dominion means official nickname for Virginia: a state of the United States; originally the nickname given by Charles II of England to the Colony of Virginia.
What part of speech is Old Dominion?
Old Dominion is a proper noun.

Words near Old Dominion in the dictionary

  1. old dear
  2. old dears
  3. Old Deer
  4. Old Delhi
  5. Old Denaby
  6. Old Dominion
  7. Old Dragon
  8. Old Dutch
  9. old earth creationism
  10. Old Earth creationist
  11. Old Earth creationists

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