Appomattox
English
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Etymology
[edit]The river was named after the Appamatuck tribe of Native Americans (whose name is from Powhatan). The town was named after the county, which in turn was named after the river.
Proper noun
[edit]Appomattox
- The Appomattox River in Virginia, USA.
- A county of Virginia, United States
- A town, the county seat of Appomattox County, Virginia, United States, formerly known as Nebraska and Appomattox Station
- A historic village in Appomattox County, Virginia, United States, formerly the county seat, also known as Clover Hill and Appomattox Court House
- The 1865 surrender of Robert E. Lee's Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant's Union army, which occurred at Appomattox Court House at the end of the American Civil War.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a river in Virginia, USA
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a town in Virginia, USA
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Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Appomattox f
- Appomattox (a town in Virginia, United States)
Proper noun
[edit]Appomattox m
- Appomattox (a river in Virginia, United States)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Powhatan
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Counties of Virginia, USA
- en:Places in Virginia, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Towns in Virginia, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:County seats of Virginia, USA
- en:Villages in Virginia, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Rivers in the United States
- en:American Civil War
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Towns in Virginia, USA
- pt:Towns in the United States
- pt:Places in Virginia, USA
- pt:Places in the United States
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Rivers in Virginia, USA
- pt:Rivers in the United States
- pt:American Civil War