Spotsylvania
English
Spotsylvania station
Etymology
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
Spotsylvania
- a battle in the American Civil War; see Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
- a commuter rail station in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
Related terms
- Spotsylvania County
- Spotsylvania Courthouse
See also
- Pennsylvania
- Pittsylvania
- Transylvania
- Sylvania