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Va.
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abbreviation
  1. Virginia
Vaasa
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proper noun
  1. A city in Finland.
Vaduz
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proper noun
  1. A community of Liechtenstein.
  2. The capital of Liechtenstein.
Valais
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proper noun
  1. A canton of Switzerland (its French name)
valence
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noun (rfc-level, Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section)
(valencies, pl2=valences)
  1. (linguistics) The number of arguments that a verb can have (e.g. intransitive verbs only have one, transitive verbs have two, etc).
  2. (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
  3. (chemistry) The number of binding sites of a molecule, such as an antibody or antigen
  4. (psychology) A one-dimensional value assigned to an object, situation, or state, that can usually be positive or negative
Valencia
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proper noun (wikipedia, Valencia (autonomous community))
Community of Valencia
  1. 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.
    1. City and capital of the Community of Valencia (Spain).
  2. City in northern Venezuela.
Valenciennes
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proper noun
  1. A town in the region of Nord, in the north-east of France
Valladolid
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proper noun
  1. A city in Castile, region of Spain
Valle d'Aosta
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proper noun
  1. A region of northern Italy.
  2. The sole province of Valle d'Aosta, consisting of the whole region.
Valletta
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proper noun
  1. The capital of the Republic of Malta.
Valparaiso
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proper noun
  1. Port of Chile. Official spelling: Valparaí­so.
Van
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proper noun
  1. a male given name, diminutive of Vance or Ivan
Vancouver
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proper noun
  1. A family name.
  2. A large island off the coast of British Columbia, Canada.
  3. A large city and seaport in British Columbia, Canada
  4. A city in the State of Washington, USA.
  5. A mountain between Alaska and Canada in the Saint Elias Mountains.
Vannes
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proper noun
  1. A town in the Morbihan département of Brittany, in France
Vanuatu
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proper noun
  1. Country in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Vanuatu.
Varese
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proper noun
  1. Province of Lombardy, Italy.
  2. Capital of the province of Varese.
Varna
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proper noun
  1. A city in northeastern Bulgaria.
Vatican City
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proper noun
  1. Country in Europe, located in Rome, Italy. Official name: State of the Vatican City; The Holy See.
Vaud
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proper noun
  1. A canton of Switzerland.
Venda
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proper noun (wikipedia, Venda language)
  1. formerly a self-governing Black African homeland in South Africa.
  2. the people of this area.
  3. the language of these people.
Venetia
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female) of debated meaning used since the late Middle Ages.
Venezuela
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proper noun
  1. Country in South America. Official name: Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Venice
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proper noun (plural Venices)
  1. Province of Veneto, Italy.
  2. City and port in the province of Venice.
  3. The maritime empire of Venice.
Vercelli
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proper noun
  1. Province of Piedmont, Italy.
  2. Capital of the province of Vercelli.
Vermont
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proper noun
  1. A (USstate) Capital: Montpelier.
Vernon
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proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. (given name, male) , transferred use of the surname since the nineteenth century.
Verona
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proper noun
  1. Province of Veneto, Italy.
  2. Capital city of the province of Verona.
Verulamium
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proper noun
  1. w:St Albans, St Albans
Vesuvius
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proper noun
  1. A volcanic mountain in Italy
VI
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abbreviation
  1. US Virgin Islands
Vicenza
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proper noun
  1. Province of Veneto, Italy.
  2. Capital of the province of Vicenza.
Vichy
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proper noun
  1. A town in Auvergne, France, the capital of w:Vichy France, Vichy France during the World War II
Victoria
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female, from Latin, )
  2. A monarch named Queen Victoria, especially w:Queen Victoria, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (reigned 1837-1901).
  3. One of the six states of Australia, situated in the south-eastern part of the continent, with its capital at Melbourne.
    1. The capital of Seychelles
  4. provincial, Provincial capital of British Columbia (Canada).
  5. Main town of the federal territory of Labuan (Malaysia).
  6. Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa
Vienna
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proper noun
  1. The capital of Austria.
  2. A town in Virginia in the United States.
Vientiane
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proper noun
  1. The capital of Laos.
Vietnam
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proper noun
  1. A country in Southeast Asia, officially called the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.
  2. An armed conflict in Vietnam in the mid-to-late twentieth century; especially, the period of open U.S. involvement in that conflict.
village
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noun
  1. a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
adjective
  1. of or pertaining to a village or small town
Vilnius
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proper noun
  1. The capital of Lithuania.
Vinland
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proper noun
  1. 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.
Virginia
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proper noun (wikipedia, Virginia, Virginia (US State))
  1. A state of the United States of America. Capital: Richmond.
  2. (given name, female, from Latin, ) .
vista
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noun
  1. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through some opening.
  2. A site offering such a view.
Vistula
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proper noun
  1. (rivers) The longest river in Poland, that flows into the Baltic Sea.
Vladimir
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proper noun
  1. a male given name of Slavic derivation; short forms: Vlad.
  2. a city in Russia (see the w:Vladimir, Wikipedia article)
Vladivostok
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proper noun
  1. Seaport in Eastern Russia on the Sea of Japan near North Korea.
Volga
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proper noun
  1. (rivers) The longest river in Europe, flowing 2325 miles through western Russia to the Caspian Sea.
Volos
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proper noun
  1. A city in Greece.
volta
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noun
  1. A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated.
Vt.
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abbreviation
  1. Vermont
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