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The Meaning of yorktown

  • (noun) in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
  • (noun) a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution

Synonyms

Yorktown , Yorktown , siege of Yorktown

Rhymes

allentown , around , ashdown , baytown , beantown , breakdown , bridgetown , brown , browne , charlestown , charlottetown , chinatown , clampdown , closedown , clown , comedown , cooperstown , countdown , crackdown , crosstown , crown , crowne , down , downe , downingtown , downtown , drown , elizabethtown , facedown , freetown , frown , georgetown , germantown , godown , gown , hoedown , hometown , jamestown , johnstown , knockdown , letdown , levittown , lockdown , lowdown , lown , markdown , marshalltown , mccoun , mccown , mcgown , mcquown , meltdown , middletown , midtown , morgantown , motown , newtown , newtowne , noun , playground , provincetown , renown , run-down , rundown , shakedown , shoun , showdown , shutdown , slowdown , southdown , sundown , touchdown , town , towne , turndown , uptown , watertown , williamstown , youngstown