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Originally Posted by lostalex
actually Virginia as a name in America is a British name, after the "virgin" Queen Elizabeth I. That is what the state Virginia is named after, and where the proper name Virginia originates from in America. In the same way the name "Georgia" became the name of a state and a proper name for women in honor of King George II.
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Regardless of the origin of it's usage in America (which I'm fully aware of), it's a Roman not American name. The word centre, while used in English, is a French word for example.
(Also Georgia is the feminine form of the Greek name George, so also not American)
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