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virgas

virgas is the plural of virga.

Meaning of virga

Noun

virga (countable and uncountable, plural virgas or virgae)

  1. A type of note used in plainsong notation, having a tail and representing a single tone.
  2. (countable) A streak of rain or snow that is dissipated in falling and does not reach the ground, commonly appearing descending from a cloud layer.
    • Strong gusts of wind buffeted the train, and ghostly virga of ice followed it through the night.2003, Erik Larson, “Pilgrimage”, in The Devil in the White City, Vintage Books, page 78
  3. (countable, measurement) A unit of length: a rod, pole or perch (5½ yards); or a unit of area: a square rod, pole or perch.

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Proper noun capitalized: Virgas

Virgas

  1. (plural) plural of Virga

Questions about virgas

What is virgas the plural of?
Virgas is the plural of virga.
What part of speech is virgas?
Virgas is a proper noun.

Words near virgas in the dictionary

  1. virga
  2. virgae
  3. virgal
  4. virgalieu
  5. virgalieus
  6. virgas
  7. virgate
  8. virgated
  9. virgately
  10. virgater
  11. virgaters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: virgas (page history and authors); Virgas (page history and authors); virga (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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