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

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

Related terms

• Spotsylvania County
• Spotsylvania Courthouse

See also

• Pennsylvania
• Pittsylvania
• Transylvania
• Sylvania