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Rappahannock , river, 212 mi (341 km) long, rising in the Blue Ridge Mts., N Va., and flowing generally SE to Chesapeake Bay. It is navigable to Fredericksburg. In the Civil War much fighting took place in the vicinity of the Rappahannock and the Rapidan, its largest tributary (see Bull Run , second battle of; Fredericksburg, battle of ; Chancellorsville, battle of ; Brandy Station ; Wilderness campaign ).

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Rappahannock, Virginia/USA A river with a Native American name meaning ‘Stream with an ebb and flow’ or ‘Stream with quick‐rising Water’.

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