Virginia, source of name (Whitney; Smith, The century dictionary and cyclopedia, 10 vols., 1901, vol. 8)

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Virginia (vėr-jin'i-ä), n. [[...] a general name for the region of the New World between New England and New York and the Spanish possessions: so named in honor of Queen Elizabeth, called "the Virgin queen," the name Virginia being supposed to be derived from L. virgo (virgin-), a virgin, but being prop. < L. Virginia, a fem. name, fem. of  Virginius, prop. Verginius, the name of a Roman gens.] [...]

"Virginia," The century dictionary, in...

Whitney, William Dwight; Smith, Benjamin Eli, The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world, 10 vols., New York: Published by The Century Co., 1901, vol. 8, p. 6765.

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