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Ma⋅nas⋅sas

  [muh-nas-uhs]
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a town in NE Virginia: battles of Bull Run 1861, 1862. 15,438.
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Ma·nas·sas   (mə-nās'əs)   
An independent city of northeast Virginia west of Alexandria. The Civil War Battles of Bull Run (called the Battles of Manassas by the Confederates) were fought nearby in July 1861 and August 1862. Population: 36,600.
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Manassas

residential city, seat (1892) of Prince William county, northeastern Virginia, U.S. It is situated near the creek Bull Run, 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Washington, D.C. Originally known as Manassas Gap and then Manassas Junction, the town was established in 1853, when the Manassas Gap and Orange and Alexandria railroads were joined; it was incorporated in 1873.

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