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Translingual
Symbol
Va
- (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
Proper noun
Va
- Abbreviation of Virginia.
Anagrams
Low German
Etymology
Cognate to German Vater m
Noun
Va m
- (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
- The underline (in the a of Va) is part of the spelling and marks a long vowel.