Yorktown

Meaning

A town, the county seat of York County, in southeastern Virginia, United States. It was the site of the final battle of the Revolutionary War.

Concepts

Yorktown

siege of Yorktown

Albuquerque

Altus

America

Bellingham

Biloxi

Cajun English

Cajun French

Chugwater

Dearborn

Grand Rapids

Iditarod

Kalamazoo

Kingfield

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg

Nice

Obed

Pittsburgh

Reno

Saint-Louis

San José

Shreveport

States

Trenton

U.S.

U.S. of A.

U.S.A.

USA

United States

United States of America

Usonia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈjɔː(ɹ)ktaʊn/

Etymology

From York + town, after its county.

Sentences

He appears to have been taken prisoner at Yorktown , Virginia and returned to Britain .