noun
1. a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution
• Part Holonyms: ↑Virginia, ↑Old Dominion, ↑Old Dominion State, ↑VA
2. in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
• Syn: ↑siege of Yorktown
• Regions: ↑Virginia, ↑Old Dominion, ↑Old Dominion State, ↑VA
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑siege, ↑besieging, ↑beleaguering, ↑military blockade
• Part Holonyms: ↑American Revolution, ↑American Revolutionary War, ↑War of American Independence, ↑American War of Independence
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Yorktown [Yorktown]
the town in south-east ↑Virginia where the final military campaign of the ↑American Revolution took place. The British Army, led by General Charles Cornwallis, was surrounded there in 1781 by 16 000 American and French soldiers. The ↑surrender of Cornwallis to General George ↑Washington ended the war.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.