Charlottesville

[ shahr-luhts-vil ]

noun

1. a city in central Virginia.

Example Sentences

There are 779 active cases — including 18 among employees — on and around the Charlottesville campus, more than half of which were reported this week, according to university data.

From Washington Post

Thomas Jefferson had his Monticello in Charlottesville, James Madison’s home, Montpelier, in Orange County was registered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.

From Washington Blade

In the years since, the reckoning at Charlottesville has accelerated.

From Washington Post

In this case, that would include the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 and the protest against coronavirus restrictions at the Michigan state capitol in 2020.

From MIT Technology Review

They also moved to 7-0 against the Fighting Irish in Charlottesville and improved to 5-0 at home this season.

From Washington Post

In August 1984, I arrived at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, eager to jump into college life.

From The Daily Beast

The Charlottesville Police did indeed have jurisdiction over the Phi Kappa Psi house.

From The Daily Beast

"We don't know where Hannah Graham is and we have to find her," Charlottesville Police Chief Tim Longo said.

From The Daily Beast

He reportedly has continued to refuse even to speak with detectives since he was brought back to Charlottesville.

From The Daily Beast

Police believe that Graham then proceeded southbound, toward the Charlottesville Downtown Mall.

From The Daily Beast

Thus, Charlottesville for a brief time was the official capital of Virginia.

From Project Gutenberg

Later they moved to Albemarle County, near Charlottesville, where the two sons grew to manhood.

From Project Gutenberg

Weeks had lengthened into months and no word had come back to Charlottesville from the man whom the great woods had swallowed.

From Project Gutenberg

“Four miles further to Charlottesville,” he said, and threw himself down beside the road as one exhausted.

From Project Gutenberg

The captain had heard her speak of me as her adopted aunt and he came all the way to Charlottesville to tell me about her.

From Project Gutenberg