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YORKTOWN

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• YORKTOWN (noun)
The noun YORKTOWN has 1 sense:

1. in 1781 during the American Revolution the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops

Familiarity information: YORKTOWN used as a noun is very rare.

• YORKTOWN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

In 1781 during the American Revolution the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops

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; 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)

"East or West, home is best."
(English proverb)
"Many have fallen with the bottle in their hand."
(Native American proverb, Lakota)
"If your house is of glass, don't throw rocks at others."
(Arabic proverb)
"Heaven helps those who help themselves."
(Corsican proverb)

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