英语词汇virginia的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Virginia. That gallant of gallants, Sir Walter Raleigh, suggested that what became Virginia be named after England’s Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, when in 1584 he founded his colony there, probably on what is now Roanoke Island. (The island, which is in North Carolina, was originally part of the great area from Florida to Newfoundland that Virginia encompassed.) Virginia, the Old Dominion state, was the site of the first permanent En- glish settlement, at Jamestown in 1607, and the scene of the British surrender in the American Revolution at Yorktown. Called the Mother of Presidents, the state sent Washington, Jef- ferson, Monroe, Madison, Tyler, William Henry Harrison, Tay- lor, and Wilson to the White House, and is renowned for many historic shrines. As to the state’s exact naming, one writer tells us that “Queen Elizabeth graciously accorded the privileges proposed by Raleigh, giving to this new land a name in honour of her maiden state, and it was called Virginia. Raleigh was knighted for his service and given the title of ‘Lord and Gover- nor of Virginia.‘ ”

词汇	virginia
词源	Virginia. That gallant of gallants, Sir Walter Raleigh, suggested that what became Virginia be named after England’s Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen, when in 1584 he founded his colony there, probably on what is now Roanoke Island. (The island, which is in North Carolina, was originally part of the great area from Florida to Newfoundland that Virginia encompassed.) Virginia, the Old Dominion state, was the site of the first permanent En- glish settlement, at Jamestown in 1607, and the scene of the British surrender in the American Revolution at Yorktown. Called the Mother of Presidents, the state sent Washington, Jef- ferson, Monroe, Madison, Tyler, William Henry Harrison, Tay- lor, and Wilson to the White House, and is renowned for many historic shrines. As to the state’s exact naming, one writer tells us that “Queen Elizabeth graciously accorded the privileges proposed by Raleigh, giving to this new land a name in honour of her maiden state, and it was called Virginia. Raleigh was knighted for his service and given the title of ‘Lord and Gover- nor of Virginia.‘ ”
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