Spotsylvania
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Alexander Spotswood (British colonial Lieutenant Governor of Virginia). From Spotswood (“from Spots(wood)”) + sylvan (“pertaining to woods, forest, from (Spots)wood”) + -ia.
Proper noun
[edit]Spotsylvania
- a battle in the American Civil War; see Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
- a commuter rail station in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.