Ypsilanti

[ ip-suh-lan-tee ]

noun

1. Alexander, 1792–1828, Greek patriot and revolutionary leader.
2. his brother De·me·tri·os [dih-, mee, -tree-, uh, s, th, ee-, mee, -t, r, ee-aws], 1793–1832, Greek patriot and revolutionary leader.
3. a city in SE Michigan, W of Detroit.

Ypsilanti

/ ˌɪpsɪˈlæntɪ /

noun

1. YpsilantiAlexander17921828MGreekPOLITICS: patriot Alexander (ˌalekˈsander). 1792–1828, Greek patriot, who led an unsuccessful revolt against the Turks (1821)
2. YpsilantiDemetrios17931832MGreekPOLITICS: revolutionary leader his brother, Demetrios (ðimitriˈɔs). 1793–1832, Greek revolutionary leader; commander in chief of Greek forces (1828–30) during the war of independence

Example Sentences

"Better take him over to Ypsilanti," a youthful Don Juan cried.

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Two weeks later the Corner House girls saw the Ypsilanti lady and her troublesome little girl off on the train for the west.

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She seized her skirts with both hands and advanced upon the lady from Ypsilanti with belligerence.

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A month was lost before Ypsilanti repudiated he reached Bucharest.

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The last ten miles of our course, as we urged our way on to Ypsilanti, lay through a country of a totally different character.

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