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Yorktown

/ˈjɔː(ɹ)ktaʊn/

Yorktown proper noun: an unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois.

Proper noun

Yorktown

  1. An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois.
  2. A town in Mount Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
  3. A town in Westchester County, New York.
  4. A city in DeWitt County, Texas.
  5. A town, the county seat of York County, in southeastern Virginia. It was the site of the final battle of the Revolutionary War.

Origin of Yorktown

From York + town, in Virginia after its county.

Words formed from Yorktown

Questions about Yorktown

What does Yorktown mean?
Yorktown means an unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois.
What part of speech is Yorktown?
Yorktown is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Yorktown?
Yorktown is pronounced /ˈjɔː(ɹ)ktaʊn/.

Words near Yorktown in the dictionary

  1. Yorkshirism
  2. Yorkshirisms
  3. Yorkstone
  4. Yorktese
  5. Yorkton
  6. Yorktown
  7. Yorktown Heights
  8. Yorkville
  9. yorling
  10. yorlings
  11. yorn

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