noun
1. state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War (Freq. 7)
• Syn: ↑capital of Georgia
• Members of this Region: ↑battle of Atlanta
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑state capital
• Part Holonyms: ↑Georgia, ↑Empire State of the South, ↑Peach State, ↑GA
• Part Meronyms: ↑Center for Disease Control and Prevention, ↑CDC
2. a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864 (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑battle of Atlanta
• Regions: ↑capital of Georgia
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑siege, ↑besieging, ↑beleaguering, ↑military blockade
• Part Holonyms: ↑American Civil War, ↑United States Civil War, ↑War between the States
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Atlanta [Atlanta]
the capital city of the US state of ↑Georgia. It is a major commercial centre for the south-eastern US. Martin Luther ↑King led the ↑civil rights movement from Atlanta. The 1996 Olympic Games were also held there.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.