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    YORKTOWN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    In 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolutionplay

    Synonyms:

    siege of Yorktown; Yorktown

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Instance hypernyms:

    beleaguering; besieging; military blockade; siege (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)

    Domain region:

    Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)

    Holonyms ("Yorktown" is a part of...):

    American Revolution; American Revolutionary War; American War of Independence; War of American Independence (the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolutionplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    hamlet; village (a settlement smaller than a town)

    Holonyms ("Yorktown" is a part of...):

    Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)

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