west virginia

Noun
  1. A state in east central United States (synset 109178070)
    is an instance of: american state - one of the 50 states of the United States
    has:
    • beckley - a city in southern West Virginia
    • capital of west virginia, charleston - state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river
    • clarksburg - a city in northern West Virginia
    • fayetteville - a town in central West Virginia on the New River
    • huntington - a city of western West Virginia on the Ohio river at the mouth of the Kanawha
    • harper's ferry, harpers ferry - a small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there
    • morgantown - a city in northern West Virginia on the Monongahela river near the Pennsylvania border; site of the University of West Virginia
    • parkersburg - a city in northwestern West Virginia on the Ohio river
    • wheeling - a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the Ohio river
    • alleghenies, allegheny mountains - the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia
    • kanawha, kanawha river - a tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia
    • monongahela, monongahela river - a river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows north into Pennsylvania where it joins the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River
    • potomac, potomac river - a river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains and flows eastward, forming the boundary between Maryland and Virginia, to the Chesapeake Bay
    is a part of: america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
    same as: mountain state, w.v., wv

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