Synonyms for VA (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War):
Virginia, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State
WordNet sense 2 (the United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989):
Department of Veterans Affairs
From the ODE community, based on WordNet
add/edit