Fairfax
Northern Virginia locality
Fairfax is a place name appearing across the English-speaking world, most prominently for Fairfax County in northern Virginia—one of the wealthiest counties in the United States and part of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
The name also attaches to cities, neighborhoods, and streets throughout America.
As a surname, Fairfax derives from an Old English term meaning "fair hair."
Virginia burial ground
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
- McLeanVirginia suburb, spy headquarters
- HerndonVirginia suburb near capital
- ChantillyBobbin lace or feline breed
Manassas · Springfield · Vienna · Burke · Mount Vernon · George Mason · Dulles · Potomac
Southern California metropolis
- MelbourneVictorian state capital
- SydneyNew South Wales capital
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
- courthouseLegal proceedings venue
Family line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- nobilityTitled ruling class
aristocracy · barony · earldom · dynasty · heritage · coat of arms · English nobility · Yorkshire
News gathering and dissemination
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
- mergerCorporate combination
- broadsheetLarge-format serious newspaper
Arlington
Virginia burial ground
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
- McLeanVirginia suburb, spy headquarters
- HerndonVirginia suburb near capital
Chantilly · Manassas · Springfield · Vienna · Burke · Mount Vernon · George Mason · Dulles · Potomac · Beltway
Los Angeles
Southern California metropolis
- MelbourneVictorian state capital
- SydneyNew South Wales capital
- CaliforniaWest coast megastate
ancestry
Family line of descent
nobility · aristocracy · barony · earldom · dynasty · heritage · coat of arms · English nobility · Yorkshire
journalism
News gathering and dissemination
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
- mergerCorporate combination
- Virginia PlacesRichmond, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Arlington, Alexandria
- Mid-Atlantic PlacesPhiladelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Wilmington, Trenton
- suburbssuburb, subdivision, bedroom community, commuter town, suburban sprawl
- VirginiaJamestown, Monticello, Roanoke, Charlottesville, Colonial Williamsburg
- Australian BrandsVegemite, Qantas, Woolworths, Commonwealth Bank, Billabong
- CincinnatiCincinnati, Cincy, Ohio River, Clifton, Hyde Park
FairfaxWashington D.C.
United States capital city
Manhattan · inner city · urban core · city proper · Baltimore
fair, hair, unfair, fairness, fairly, unfairness, fair-minded, fairground, fair trade