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Spotsylvania

UK/ˌspɒt.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/US/ˌspɑt.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/

Spotsylvania proper noun: a battle in the American Civil War; see Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.

spotsylvania: a battle in the American Civil War; see Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
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Proper noun

Spotsylvania

  1. a battle in the American Civil War; see Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
  2. a commuter rail station in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

Origin of Spotsylvania

From Alexander Spotswood (British colonial Lieutenant Governor of Virginia). From Spotswood (“from Spots(wood)”) + sylvan (“pertaining to woods, forest”, from (Spots)wood) + -ia.

Words that rhyme with Spotsylvania

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Questions about Spotsylvania

What does Spotsylvania mean?
Spotsylvania means a battle in the American Civil War; see Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
What part of speech is Spotsylvania?
Spotsylvania is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Spotsylvania?
Spotsylvania is pronounced /ˌspɒt.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/ (UK).

Words near Spotsylvania in the dictionary

  1. spotshank
  2. spotshanks
  3. spotsman
  4. spotsmen
  5. Spotswood
  6. Spotsylvania
  7. Spotsylvania County
  8. Spotsylvania Courthouse
  9. spottable
  10. spottail bass
  11. spottail minnow

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Spotsylvania (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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