Noun

• S: (n) Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Va. (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)
• S: (n) Department of Veterans Affairs, VA (the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)
• S: (n) federal department, federal office, department of the federal government (a department of the federal government of the United States)
• S: (n) government department (a department of government)
• S: (n) department, section (a specialized division of a large organization) "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"
• S: (n) division (an administrative unit in government or business)
• S: (n) administrative unit, administrative body (a unit with administrative responsibilities)
• S: (n) unit, social unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group) "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit"
• S: (n) organization, organisation (a group of people who work together)
• S: (n) social group (people sharing some social relation)
• S: (n) group, grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))