勿爾吉尼阿

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (勿爾吉尼阿)		勿	爾	吉	尼	阿
simp. (勿尔吉尼阿)		勿	尔	吉	尼	阿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wù'ěrjíní'ā

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˋ ㄦˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄋㄧˊ ㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wù'ěrjíní'ā
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˋ ㄦˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄋㄧˊ ㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wù-ěrjíní-a
    • Wade–Giles: Wu⁴-êrh³-chi²-ni²-a¹
    • Yale: Wù-ěr-jí-ní-ā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wuheeljyinia
    • Palladius: Уэрцзиниа (Uerczinia)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵¹ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ ni³⁵ ˀä⁵⁵/

Proper noun

勿爾吉尼阿

1. (obsolete) Virginia (A state of the United States)
   • 1841, 魏源 [Wei Yuan], “彌利堅國總記下 [General information about the United States of America (Part 2)]”, in 《海國圖志》‎^[1]:

     東方通商諸部，紐約爾最富厚。麻沙朱色士、賓夕爾勒尼安次之。緬與勿爾吉尼阿又次之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     东方通商诸部，纽约尔最富厚。麻沙朱色士、宾夕尔勒尼安次之。缅与勿尔吉尼阿又次之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Dōngfāng tōngshāng zhū bù, Niǔyuē'ěr zuì fùhòu. Máshāzhūsèshì, Bīnxī'ěrlèní'ān cì zhī. Miǎn yǔ Wù'ěrjíní'ā yòu cì zhī. [Pinyin]

     Among the East Coast states with business activities, New York is the richest, followed by Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, and then Maine and Virginia.

   • 1849, 徐繼畬 [Xu Jiyu], “北亞墨利加米利堅合眾國 [The United States of America in North America]”, in 《瀛寰志略》 [A Short Account of the Maritime Circuit]‎^[2]:

     自華盛頓至今，開國六十餘年，總統領凡九人，今在位之總統領，勿爾吉尼阿國所推也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     自华盛顿至今，开国六十余年，总统领凡九人，今在位之总统领，勿尔吉尼阿国所推也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Zì Huáshèngdùn zhìjīn, kāiguó liùshí yú nián, zǒngtǒnglǐng fán jiǔ rén, jīn zàiwèi zhī zǒngtǒnglǐng, Wù'ěrjíní'ā Guó suǒ tuī yě. [Pinyin]

     Since George Washington, there have been 9 presidents since the foundation of the country 60 years ago. The incumbent president (William Henry Harrison) was elected from Virginia.

   • 1912, 楊錦森 [Yang Jinsen], 《假牛乳油之製造》 [Production of Margarine]‎^[3]:

     農業股股長，爲勿爾吉尼阿（Virginia）之代表約翰·蘭勃。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     农业股股长，为勿尔吉尼阿（Virginia）之代表约翰·兰勃。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Nóngyè gǔ gǔcháng, wèi wù'ěrjíní'ā (Virginia) zhī dàibiǎo Yuēhàn Lánbó. [Pinyin]

     The Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture was Congress Representative John Lamb from Virginia.

Synonyms

• (Mainland, modern) 弗吉尼亞 / 弗吉尼亚 (Fújíníyà)
• (Taiwan, modern) 維吉尼亞 / 维吉尼亚 (Wéijíníyà)
• (Hong Kong, modern) 維珍尼亞 / 维珍尼亚 (Wéizhēnníyà)