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English noun: Yorktown

1. Yorktown (location) a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution


Instance hypernymhamlet, village


Part meronymOld Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Virginia

2. Yorktown (act) in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution


Synonymssiege of Yorktown


Instance hypernymbeleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege


Part meronymAmerican Revolution, American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence, War of American Independence


Domain regionOld Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Virginia









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