VIRGINIA BEACH
Dictionary entry overview: What does Virginia Beach mean? • VIRGINIA BEACH (noun)
The noun VIRGINIA BEACH has 1 sense:
1. the largest city in Virginia; long overshadowed by Norfolk but growing rapidly since 1970; with 28 miles of public beaches tourism is a major factor in the economy; site of three United States Navy bases
Familiarity information: VIRGINIA BEACH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VIRGINIA BEACH (noun)
Meaning:
The largest city in Virginia; long overshadowed by Norfolk but growing rapidly since 1970; with 28 miles of public beaches tourism is a major factor in the economy; site of three United States Navy bases
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Virginia Beach" is a part of...):
Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)
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