| 单词 | virginia colony |
| 释义 | > as lemmasVirginia colony 1. The name of that part of North America in which the first English settlement was made in 1607, subsequently one of the original thirteen States of the North American Union, used attributively in Virginia colony, Virginia company, Virginia landscape, Virginia trade, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] > U.S.A. > specific states or regions > Virginia Virginia1609 Virginian1612 1609 in J. Smith Wks. (Arb.) p. xcviii I am bold to write the truth of some late accidentes, be falne his Maiesties Virginia collonye. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 177 It came to be apprehended by some of the Virginia Company. 1773 in Further Evid. Nairne Peerage (1874) 170 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. D) XII. 199 Copertners in a Virginia trade carryed on by them under the firm of Oswald Dennistoun and Company. 1782 New Ann. Reg. 1781 Brit. & Foreign Hist. 47/1 The Virginia militia gave the British troops a warm reception. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! xxix [They] joyfully unloaded their Virginia goods, and replaced them with powder and shot. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 256/2 The most striking feature of thousands of square miles of Virginia landscape. < as lemmas |
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