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ˈyɔrkˌtaʊnyork·town

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Yorktownnoun

    a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution

  2. Yorktown, siege of Yorktownnoun

    in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution

Wiktionary

  1. Yorktownnoun

    a town in southeastern Virginia, USA

  2. Yorktownnoun

    the site of the final battle of the Revolutionary War.

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  1. yorktown

    Yorktown is a historical town in southeastern Virginia, United States, most notably known as the site of the surrender of General Cornwallis to General George Washington in 1781, effectively ending the American Revolutionary War. The Battle of Yorktown was the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War. It is part of the historical triangle that includes Jamestown and Williamsburg. Yorktown is also associated with a specific area or complex known as the Yorktown Battlefield.

Wikidata

  1. Yorktown

    Yorktown is a census-designated place in York County, Virginia, United States. It is the county seat of York County, one of the eight original shires formed in colonial Virginia in 1682. The CDP's population was 195 as of the 2010 census, while the county's population was 66,134 in the 2011 census estimate. The town is most famous as the site of the siege and subsequent surrender of General Cornwallis to General George Washington, and the French Fleet during the American Revolutionary War on October 19, 1781. Although the war would last for another year, this British defeat at Yorktown effectively ended the war. Yorktown also figured prominently in the American Civil War, serving as a major port to supply both northern and southern towns, depending upon who held Yorktown at the time. Today, Yorktown is part of an important national resource known as the Historic Triangle of Yorktown, Jamestown and Williamsburg, and is the eastern terminus of the Colonial Parkway. Yorktown is also the eastern terminus of the TransAmerica Trail, a bicycle touring route created by the Adventure Cycling Association. One of Yorktowns historic sister cities is Zweibrücken in Germany. In the time of the American War of Independence, a German Regt called the Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment was commanded by Comte Christian de Forbach and was one of the four regiments that arrived at Newport with Rochambeau in 1780 and went on to participate in the Battle of Yorktown on the side of the Americans in 1781. Since that time Yorktown is in very close friendship to the German city of Zweibrücken.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Yorktown

    a small town in Virginia, U.S., on the York River, where Lord Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in 1781.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. yorktown

    Capital of York Co., Va., situated on the right bank of the York River, 70 miles from Richmond. This locality was the theatre of one of the most important events in American history,—the surrender of Lord Cornwallis to Gen. Washington, which occurred on October 19, 1781. Yorktown was besieged during the civil war in April, 1862, but before the Federals opened fire on the town, the Confederates evacuated it.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Yorktown in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Yorktown in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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