SPOTSYLVANIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spotsylvania mean? 

• SPOTSYLVANIA (noun)
  The noun SPOTSYLVANIA has 2 senses:

1. a village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil War

2. a battle between the armies of Grant and Lee during the Wilderness Campaign

  Familiarity information: SPOTSYLVANIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPOTSYLVANIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil War

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

hamlet; village (a settlement smaller than a town)

Holonyms ("Spotsylvania" is a part of...):

Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A battle between the armies of Grant and Lee during the Wilderness Campaign

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse; Spotsylvania

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)

Holonyms ("Spotsylvania" is a part of...):

Wilderness Campaign (American Civil War; a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign (1864) against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses)