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Elizabeth River   /ɪlˈɪzəbəθ rˈɪvər/   Listen
Elizabeth River

noun
1.
A short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth into Hampton Roads.






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"Elizabeth River" Quotes from Famous Books



... a regular ferry to Norfolk, across Hampton Roads, eighteen miles over. Norfolk stands nearly at the mouth of the eastern branch of Elizabeth River, the most southern of the rivers which fall into Chesapeak Bay. This is the largest commercial town in Virginia, and carries on a flourishing trade to the West Indies. Its exports consist principally of tobacco, flour, and ...
— Travels in North America, From Modern Writers • William Bingley

... true there were in Virginia the goodly number of several hundred Puritan settlers. In the Church also there was some Puritan sympathy among a small group of the clergy. One of these, indeed, the Rev. Thomas Harrison, who became minister of Elizabeth River Parish (Norfolk) in 1640, was presented for trial in the county court in April 1645 "For not reading the Book of Common Prayer, and not administering the sacrament of baptism according to the canons and order prescribed, and for not catechizing ...
— Religious Life of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century - The Faith of Our Fathers • George MacLaren Brydon



Words linked to "Elizabeth River" :   Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, river, Virginia, VA



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