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Rappahannock

American  
[rap-uh-han-uhk] / ˌræp əˈhæn ək /

noun

  1. a river flowing SE from N Virginia into the Chesapeake Bay: Civil War battle 1863. 185 miles (300 km) long.


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He was held without bond at the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Stafford, Va., according to inmate records.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

The Northern Neck is a peninsula, bordered by the Potomac River to the north and the Rappahannock River to the south.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 29, 2023

“I’ve also played Cardinal Bellarmine in James Reston’s ‘Galileo’s Torch,’ and General John Belle Hood in James Reston’s ‘Sherman, the Peacemaker’ in an open-air theatre also in Rappahannock County,” he continued.

From Washington Times ● May 4, 2023

After 1600, other Indians — Mattaponi and Patawomecks — moved into the Rappahannock River Valley.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2023

Set beside Virginia’s Rappahannock River, the farm was one of several owned by Gus Washington.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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