Associations to the word «Yorktown»

Wiktionary

YORKTOWN, proper noun. A town in southeastern Virginia, USA
YORKTOWN, proper noun. The site of the final battle of the Revolutionary War.

Dictionary definition

YORKTOWN, noun. A historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution.
YORKTOWN, 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.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.