cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22508834

I’m a .world user, so i have to say the obvious thing that this is just a joke, and should not be taken seriously

  • imaqtpieAEnglish
    2·
    23 days ago

    It’s called Virginia, not East Virginia.

    But in all seriousness it’s because the state was divided during the Civil War and the original Virginia kept on being Virginia. And West Virginia was evidently the most satisfactory name they could come up with for the new state. Could have also gone with North Virginia, but with the context of the civil war (north vs south) they may have avoided that one.