West Virginia is a state in the United States of America. West Virginia or Western Virginia may also refer to: Western Virginia, a region in the state of Virginia Kentucky County, Virginia, also referred to as "Western Virginia" West Virginia, Minnesota West Virginia University, the state's largest public university West Virginia Mountaineers, the WVU athletic program United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia Western Virginia Campaign Western Virginia Land Trust U.S. Navy warships , a Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser , a Colorado-class battleship, torpedoed and bombed at Pearl Harbor , an Ohio-class ballistic-missile nuclear submarine See also Virginia (disambiguation) West Virginian (disambiguation) Virginias