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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

Their task at building community is complicated by their location, the former Rappahannock Oyster Bar inside Union Market, a food hall with early closing hours and a demonstrated willingness to give loyal vendors the boot.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2023

Come noon, we arrived at the Rappahannock and walked along the road by its banks until we came to a house where the grounds were not full of activity.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson