Definitions for jamestownˈdʒeɪmzˌtaʊn

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

James•townˈdʒeɪmzˌtaʊn(n.)

  1. a village in E Virginia: first permanent English settlement in North America 1607; restored 1957.

    Category: Geography (places)

  2. the capital of St. Helena, in the S Atlantic Ocean. 1516.

    Category: Geography (places)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Jamestown(noun)

    a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607

Wiktionary

  1. Jamestown(ProperNoun)

    The capital of the island Saint Helena.


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