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How did Virginia get its nickname?

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Anonymous

∙ 9y ago
Updated: 12/17/2022

Virginia was given its nickname, "The Old Dominion", by King Charles II of England at the time of The Restoration, because it had remained loyal to the crown during the English Civil War.
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