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Va

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Translingual

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Va

  1. (chemistry, obsolete) virginium
    • 2014, Marco Fontani, Mariagrazia Costa, Mary Virginia Orna, The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table's Shadow Side (in English), page 328:
      Because he had found six minima for every salt of virginium—VaCl, VaNO3, Va2SO4, and VaOH—he asserted that virginium consisted of a mixture of six stable isotopes.

English

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Proper noun

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Va

  1. Abbreviation of Virginia.

Anagrams

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Low German

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Etymology

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Cognate to German Vater m

Noun

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Va m

  1. (Ravensbergisch) father
    • 2021, Wilhelm Knicker, Plattdütske Votellsels iut iusen Ravensberger Lanne in un ümme Mennighüffen: Plattdeutsche Geschichten aus dem Ravensberger Land in und um Mennighüffen, page 11:
      Et was Kruichstuid un iuse Va was in Rußland intoag'n.
      It was wartime and our father was inducted to Russia.

Usage notes

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  • The underline (in the a of Va) is part of the spelling and marks a long vowel.