Manassas

[muh-nas-uhs]

noun

1. a town in NE Virginia: battles of Bull Run 1861, 1862.

Manassas

/ məˈnæsəs /

noun

1. a town in NE Virginia, west of Alexandria: site of the victory of Confederate forces in the Battles of Bull Run, or First and Second Manassas (1861; 1862), during the American Civil War. Pop: 37 166 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

At the national park at the site of the battlefield at Bull Run, in Manassas, Virginia, the administration wants to remove signs indicating that slavery was the central cause of the Civil War.

From Slate

According to the American Battlefield Trust, the food was less for celebratory purposes and more a necessity, considering that the spectators travelled more than seven hours by carriage to Manassas Junction.

From Salon

Europe began the day dreaming of a 'Manassas miracle' with Pettersen saying she had no option but to push her "form" players out in the early singles matches and English pair Charley Hull and Georgia Hall led from the front.

From BBC

The 19th edition of the Solheim Cup is being held at the 6,741-yard Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, on the shores of Lake Manassas, about an hour west of Washington DC.

From BBC

Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson was a Confederate general from Virginia who gained fame at the First Battle of Bull Run near Manassas in 1861 and died in 1863 after he was shot in battle and had his arm amputated.

From Seattle Times