noun
a river that flows across eastern Virginia into the Tidewater region
• Syn: ↑Rappahannock River
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑river
• Part Holonyms: ↑Virginia, ↑Old Dominion, ↑Old Dominion State, ↑VA
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/rap'euh han"euhk/, n.
a river flowing SE from N Virginia into the Chesapeake Bay: Civil War battle 1863. 185 mi. (300 km) long.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.