Williamsburg

American  

[wil-yuhmz-burg] / ˈwɪl yəmzˌbɜrg /

noun

1. a city in SE Virginia: colonial capital of Virginia; now restored to its original pre-Revolutionary style.

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Williamsburg British  

/ ˈwɪljəmzˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. a city in SE Virginia: the capital of Virginia (1693–1779); the restoration of large sections of the colonial city was begun in 1926. Pop: 11 605 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

As his fame rose through the early 1960, Rollins took to practising for hours every day on New York's Williamsburg Bridge.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

The very public sabbatical produced one of his best-known albums, 1962's "The Bridge," and has led to proposals to rename the Williamsburg Bridge in Rollins' honor.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Shed your too-cool-for-school attitude, embrace the weirdness and Colonial Williamsburg can be spellbinding in a way a regular old museum can’t.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Blank Street’s roots trace back to 2020, when co-founders Freiha and Vinay Menda began selling coffee out of a pale-green coffee cart in the Williamsburg neighborhood of New York City.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

The old men, pensioners on their families, were made to run errands and mind babies, the only work left for old worn-out men in Williamsburg.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith