Va. |
| abbreviation - Virginia
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Vaasa |
| proper noun
- A city in Finland.
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Vaduz |
| proper noun - A community of Liechtenstein.
- The capital of Liechtenstein.
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Valais |
| proper noun
- A canton of Switzerland (its French name)
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valence |
| noun (rfc-level, Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section)
(valencies, pl2=valences)
- (linguistics) The number of arguments that a verb can have (e.g. intransitive verbs only have one, transitive verbs have two, etc).
- (chemistry) The combining capacity of an atom, radical or functional group determined by the number of electrons that it will lose, gain, or share when it combines with other atoms etc
- (chemistry) The number of binding sites of a molecule, such as an antibody or antigen
- (psychology) A one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state, that can usually be positive or negative
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Valencia |
| proper noun (wikipedia, Valencia (autonomous community))
Community of Valencia
- A country of SW Europe, located in the Eastern Iberia, Iberian Peninsula. Today an autonomous community of Spain. Official name: Valencian Community (Comunitat Valenciana, Comunidad Valenciana). Area: 23,255 sq. km. Population (2004): 4,692,449. Historically, a kingdom also including the town of Caudete.
- City and capital of the Community of Valencia (Spain).
- City in northern Venezuela.
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Valenciennes |
| proper noun
- A town in the region of Nord, in the north-east of France
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Valladolid |
| proper noun
- A city in Castile, region of Spain
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Valle d'Aosta |
| proper noun
- A region of northern Italy.
- The sole province of Valle d'Aosta, consisting of the whole region.
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Valletta |
| proper noun - The capital of the Republic of Malta.
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Valparaiso |
| proper noun
- Port of Chile. Official spelling: Valparaíso.
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Van |
| proper noun
- a male given name, diminutive of Vance or Ivan
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Vancouver |
| proper noun
- A family name.
- A large island off the coast of British Columbia, Canada.
- A large city and seaport in British Columbia, Canada
- A city in the State of Washington, USA.
- A mountain between Alaska and Canada in the Saint Elias Mountains.
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Vannes |
| proper noun
- A town in the Morbihan département of Brittany, in France
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Vanuatu |
| proper noun
- Country in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Vanuatu.
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Varese |
| proper noun
- Province of Lombardy, Italy.
- Capital of the province of Varese.
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Varna |
| proper noun
- A city in northeastern Bulgaria.
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Vatican City |
| proper noun
- Country in Europe, located in Rome, Italy. Official name: State of the Vatican City; The Holy See.
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Vaud |
| proper noun
- A canton of Switzerland.
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Venda |
| proper noun (wikipedia, Venda language)
- formerly a self-governing Black African homeland in South Africa.
- the people of this area.
- the language of these people.
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Venetia |
| proper noun
- (given name, female) of debated meaning used since the late Middle Ages.
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Venezuela |
| proper noun
- Country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
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Venice |
| proper noun (plural Venices)
- Province of Veneto, Italy.
- City and port in the province of Venice.
- The maritime empire of Venice.
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Vercelli |
| proper noun
- Province of Piedmont, Italy.
- Capital of the province of Vercelli.
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Vermont |
| proper noun - A (USstate) Capital: Montpelier.
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Vernon |
| proper noun
- A surname.
- (given name, male) , transferred use of the surname since the nineteenth century.
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Verona |
| proper noun
- Province of Veneto, Italy.
- Capital city of the province of Verona.
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Verulamium |
| proper noun
- w:St Albans, St Albans
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Vesuvius |
| proper noun
- A volcanic mountain in Italy
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VI |
| abbreviation
- US Virgin Islands
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Vicenza |
| proper noun
- Province of Veneto, Italy.
- Capital of the province of Vicenza.
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Vichy |
| proper noun
- A town in Auvergne, France, the capital of w:Vichy France, Vichy France during the World War II
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Victoria |
| proper noun
- (given name, female, from Latin, )
- A monarch named Queen Victoria, especially w:Queen Victoria, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (reigned 1837-1901).
- One of the six states of Australia, situated in the south-eastern part of the continent, with its capital at Melbourne.
- The capital of Seychelles
- provincial, Provincial capital of British Columbia (Canada).
- Main town of the federal territory of Labuan (Malaysia).
- Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa
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Vienna |
| proper noun
- The capital of Austria.
- A town in Virginia in the United States.
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Vientiane |
| proper noun
- The capital of Laos.
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Vietnam |
| proper noun
- A country in Southeast Asia, officially called the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.
- An armed conflict in Vietnam in the mid-to-late twentieth century; especially, the period of open U.S. involvement in that conflict.
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village |
| noun
- a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
adjective
- of or pertaining to a village or small town
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Vilnius |
| proper noun
- The capital of Lithuania.
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Vinland |
| proper noun
- The name given by the Icelandic Norseman Leifur Eiríksson to the portion of North America in modern-day Newfoundland, Canada when he arrived there circa 1000 AD.
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Virginia |
| proper noun (wikipedia, Virginia, Virginia (US State))
- A state of the United States of America. Capital: Richmond.
- (given name, female, from Latin, ) .
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vista |
| noun
- A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening.
- A site offering such a view.
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Vistula |
| proper noun
- (rivers) The longest river in Poland, that flows into the Baltic Sea.
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Vladimir |
| proper noun
- a male given name of Slavic derivation; short forms: Vlad.
- a city in Russia (see the w:Vladimir, Wikipedia article)
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Vladivostok |
| proper noun
- Seaport in Eastern Russia on the Sea of Japan near North Korea.
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Volga |
| proper noun
- (rivers) The longest river in Europe, flowing 2325 miles through western Russia to the Caspian Sea.
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Volos |
| proper noun
- A city in Greece.
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volta |
| noun - A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated.
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Vt. |
| abbreviation - Vermont
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