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Ap·po·mat·tox (ap′ə mat′əks)

town in central Va., near Lynchburg: pop. 1,800: at a former nearby village (Appomattox Court House) Lee surrendered to Grant (April 9, 1865), ending the Civil War

Etymology: < Algonquian tribal name

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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