The page includes acronyms, nicknames, local names, and slang terms that are common in Tidewater Virginia.
Acronyms
AI – Assateague Island
B2B – Beaches to Bluegrass Trail
BBNWR – Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
CAJO – Captain John Smith National Historic Trail
CBBT – Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
CI – Chincoteague Island
CNU – Christopher Newport University
CVOW – Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind
ERC – Elizabeth River Crossings
ERT – Elizabeth River Tunnels
EVMS – Eastern Virginia Medical School
ESVA – Eastern Shore of Virginia
FLSP – First Landing State Park
FCSP – False Cape State Park
GDSNWR – Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
HR – Hampton Roads
HRBT – Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel
HREDA – Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance
HRT – Hampton Roads Transit
HRSD – Hampton Roads Sanitation District
HRVA – Hampton Roads Virginia
HU – Hampton University
JANAF – Joint Army Navy Air Force
JBLE – Joint Base Langley-Eustis
JEBLCFS – Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek–Fort Story
JEBLC – Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek
JEBFS – Fort Story
JRB – James River Bridge
MMMBT – Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel
NEON – New Energy Of Norfolk District
NNVA – Newport News Virginia
NSU – Norfolk State University
ODU – Old Dominion University
ORF – Norfolk International Airport
PDCCC – Paul D. Camp Community College
PHF – Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport
SCT – Seaboard Coastline Trail
SECT – Southeast Coast Saltwater Paddling Trail
SHRT – South Hampton Roads Trail
SWIFT – Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow
TCC – Tidewater Community College
TI – Tangier Island
TNCC – Thomas Nelson Community College
VB – Virginia Beach
VIMS – Virginia Institute of Marine Science
VMRC – Virginia Marine Resources Commission
VPA – Virginia Port Authority
VWC – Virginia Wesleyan College
ViBE – Virginia Beach Creative District
W&M – College of William & Mary
Nicknames – Slang Terms
757, the 757 – Hampton Roads (the seven cites)
Bad News, Bad Newz – Newport News
Historic Triangle – formed by Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown
P-Town – Portsmouth
Seven Cities – The seven cities of Hampton Roads Virginia include Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Chesapeake, Hampton, Virginia Beach, and Suffolk
Southside, The Southside – 1. southern Hampton Roads Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, and Suffolk. 2. An area of Virginia that is located east of the Blue Ridge, west of the fall line, and south of the James River.
Wisky – USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
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