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Crown Point

American  

noun

  1. a village in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: the site of a strategic fort in the French and Indian and the Revolutionary wars.

  2. a town in NW Indiana.


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In early 1934, the entire crew was arrested in Tucson, and Dillinger was extradited to Crown Point, Indiana, to stand trial for the murder of a police officer.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2024

Just six months after a mild case of COVID-19, the Crown Point, Indiana, boy was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2022

"It'd be a historic storm in the worst possible way for the Town of Jean Lafitte, Crown Point, Lower Lafitte and Barataria, all of south Jefferson outside the levee protection."

From Fox News • Aug. 29, 2021

He received a bachelor’s degree in pastoral theology from Hyles-Anderson College, a Bible college in Crown Point, Ind., in 1977.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2020

On May 10 Ticonderoga surrendered without a struggle and this was followed by an easy conquest of Crown Point and Ft.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene