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 |
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| Instance hypernym | hamlet, village |
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| Part meronym | Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Virginia |
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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 |
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| Synonyms | siege of Yorktown |
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| Instance hypernym | beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege |
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| Part meronym | American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence, War of American Independence |
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| Domain region | Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Virginia |
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