# Spotsylvania

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌspɒt.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/ · frequency rank #80,906

## Definitions
1. a battle in the American Civil War; see Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.
2. a commuter rail station in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

## Etymology
From Alexander Spotswood (British colonial Lieutenant Governor of Virginia). From Spotswood (“from Spots(wood)”) + sylvan (“pertaining to woods, forest”, from (Spots)wood) + -ia.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/spotsylvania