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Where does “Vơ-gi-ni-a” come from?
Vơ-gi-ni-a (Vietnamese) comes from English Virginia, from Latin Virginia, from Latin Verginia.
Ancestry of “Vơ-gi-ni-a”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
English
Virginia
A former colony that was a part of the British Empire
2
Latin
Virginia
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3
Latin
Verginia
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