What does "charlottesville" mean?

An independent city, the county seat of Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. Named after Queen Charlotte.

What is a synonym for "charlottesville"?

Common synonyms include: c'ville.

Charlottesville

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1
An independent city, the county seat of Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. Named after Queen Charlotte.
"Rather, we have to refocus our political debates and conversation around a different kind of discussion of ethics, one that can look at a Civil War battlefield or the streets of Charlottesville or the floor of the US Senate and see that there are fights that are righteous and there are fights that are not – and begin to build from there."
2
An unincorporated community in Hancock County and Rush County, Indiana, United States.
3
An unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana.

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"Rather, we have to refocus our political debates and conversation around a different kind of discussion of ethics, one that can look at a Civil War battlefield or the streets of Charlottesville or the floor of the US Senate and see that there are fights that are righteous and there are fights that are not – and begin to build from there."

Etymology

From Charlotte + -s- + -ville. Named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818), the consort of George III.

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