a village in the state of Virginia, North America, capital of the county of Albemarle, on Moore's Creek, 2 miles from its entrance into the Rivanna river, 63 miles N.W. of Richmond. It is chiefly important as being the seat of the university of Virginia, founded in 1819, and which has a fine observatory, museums, library of 18,000 volumes, and about 400 students. Pop. about 1400.