WestVirginia

WestVirginia
West Virginia Abbr. WV or W.Va.
A state of the east-central United States. It was admitted as the 35th state in 1863. West Virginia was part of Virginia until the area refused to endorse the ordinance of secession in 1861. Charleston is the capital and the largest city. Population: 1,801,625.
  West Virginian adj. & n.

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