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Rich⋅mond

[rich-muhnd]
–noun
1. former name of Staten Island (def. 2).
2. a port in and the capital of Virginia, in the E part on the James River: capital of the Confederacy 1861–65. 219,214.
3. Also called Rich⋅mond-up⋅on-Thames [rich-muhnd-uh-pon-temz, -pawn-] . a borough of Greater London, England, on the Thames River: site of Kew Gardens. 168,300.
4. a seaport in W California, on San Francisco Bay. 74,676.
5. a city in E Indiana. 41,349.
6. a city in E central Kentucky. 21,705.
7. a male given name.

Staten Island

[stat-n]
–noun
1. an island facing New York Bay.
2. Formerly, Richmond. a borough of New York City including this island. 352,121; 64 1/2 sq. mi. (167 sq. km).
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Rich·mond   (rĭch'mənd)   
  1. A community of southwest British Columbia, Canada, a suburb of Vancouver on the Strait of Georgia. Population: 174,000.

  2. A city of western California on an inlet of San Francisco Bay north-northwest of Oakland. It is a port and industrial center. Population: 102,000.

  3. The capital of Virginia, in the east-central part of the state on the James River north of Petersburg. Settled in the 17th century, it became the capital of Virginia in 1779 and was strategically important in the American Revolution and the Civil War, during which it was the capital of the Confederacy. The evacuation of Richmond by Confederate troops on April 3, 1865, led to Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9. Population: 193,000.

  4. See Staten Island.

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Richmond

The capital of Virginia.

Note: Capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
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