Appomattoc

/ˌæpəˈmætɑk/ noun

A historical variant spelling of Appomattox, a site in Virginia significant to American Civil War history.

From Powhatan (Algonquian language group) origins. The variant spellings (appomattoc, appomattox) reflect how English speakers recorded the indigenous place name across different documents.

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