Explanation and meaning of yorktown.

yorktown

/'jɔrk,taʊn/

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
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siege of yorktown

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war of american independence american revolutionary war american war of independence american revolution
noun
a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution
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old dominion state old dominion va. va virginia

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