Definitions for Atlantaætˈlæn tə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

At•lan•taætˈlæn tə(n.)

  1. the capital of Georgia, in the N part. 420,220.

    Category: Geography (places)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Atlanta, capital of Georgia(noun)

    state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War

  2. Atlanta, battle of Atlanta(noun)

    a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864

Wiktionary

  1. Atlanta(ProperNoun)

    The capital and largest city of the State of Georgia, USA.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Atlanta(noun)

    a genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See Heteropod

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Atlanta

    the largest city in Georgia, U.S.; a large manufacturing and railway centre.


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