Rapid Annとは 意味・読み方・使い方

固有名詞

Rapid Anne

1. (historical) Rapidan River (a river in Virginia, United States).
   • 1828, Darby’s Edition Of Brooke’s Universal Gazetteer; Or, A New Geographical Dictionary : Containing A Description Of The Empires, Kingdoms, States, Provinces, Cities, Towns, Forts, Seas, Harbours, Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, Capes, &C. In The Known World ; With The Government, Customs, And Manners, Of The Inhabitants ; The Extent, Boundaries, and Natural Productions of each Country : and the Trade, Manufacturer, and Curiosities of the Cities and Towns. To Which Are Added, The Constitution Of The United States, And The Constitutions Of The Respective States. Illustrated by a neat coloured Map of the United States., Bennett & Walton, page 549:

     Madison, county of Virginia ; bounded SE, S, and SW, by Orange county, or the Rapid Ann river ; NW by the Blue Ridge, or Shanandoah county ; and NE, and E by Culpepper. It is about 28 miles square ; and has an area of 784 square miles. It is drained entirely by various creeks of the Rapid Ann ; the surface is moderately hilly and soil of middling quality. Staples flour and tobacco. Chieftown Madison.

   • 1881, Potter’s American Monthly, volumes 16-17, John E. Potter & Company, page 207:

     Lower down, this valley, as it approaches the Rapid Ann River, widens considerably, and has within its area many most excellently cultivated farms.

派生語

• Rapid Ann Station

派生した語

• ⇒ English: Rapidan