The capitalization is important; in "UVa", the lower-case "a" refers to the last letter in the word of the preceding capital letter (i.e. the "a" in Virginia).

The capitalization is important; in "UVa", the lower-case "a" refers to the last letter in the word of the preceding capital letter (i.e. the "a" in Virginia). Trivia: Mozilla prefer that you abbreviate Firefox "FFx", not "FF".