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When Virginia was colonized in the early 17th century, its coat of arms read, "En Dat Virginia Quintum," which indicated that it was the fifth of the king's domains at the time — after England, Scotland, France, and Ireland. (The seal was altered slightly in the 18th century to read "En Dat Virginia Quartam," after England and Scotland united as the kingdom of Great Britain.)

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Is this Latin or something else? Virginia gives a fifth (to England?) But England in Latin is Anglia.
En can also be an interjection.
Is it part of a longer sentence?
 

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The shift from Quintum to Quartam could be something like dominium vs. patria?
 
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More like terram, I guess.
 

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Apparently there was also a version with Quintam:
 
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