Nottoway
[ not-uh-wey ]
noun
a river in S Virginia, flowing SE to the Blackwater River at the North Carolina border. 170 miles (274 km) long.
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How to use Nottoway in a sentence
The Chowanoc and Nottoway and other cognate tribes adjoining the Tuscarora may have been offshoots from that tribe.
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico | John Wesley PowellNottoway is an Indian word meaning "a snake, that is, an enemy."
How Justice Grew | Martha W. (Martha Woodroof) HidenThe only one of the counties formed in 1789 that is now in Virginia is Nottoway.
How Justice Grew | Martha W. (Martha Woodroof) HidenThe Nottoway was higher than the Rappahannock is to-night, and you did not expect to meet me again—so soon!
Mohun, or, The Last Days of Lee and his Paladins | John Esten CookeI was going to say 'I found these people on the Nottoway—one half-drowned, and the other in a newly dug grave!'
Mohun, or, The Last Days of Lee and his Paladins | John Esten Cooke
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