SPOTSYLVANIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse; Spotsylvania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position