Yorktown


Definition: Meaning of, Yorktown in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈyôrktoun /

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  1. a town in Virginia, US, where the last battle of the AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR and the final SURRENDER of the British to the Americans took place in 1781
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  • siege of Yorktown (noun)
    1. in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
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