va

Other forms of va

plural

vas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about va

What does va mean?

va means "a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in va?

va has 1 syllable: va.

What is another word for va?

Close synonyms include Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, Va., Department of Veterans Affairs. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is va a common word?

va is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.