Crown Point
Americannoun
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a village in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: the site of a strategic fort in the French and Indian and the Revolutionary wars.
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a town in NW Indiana.
Example Sentences
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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
The balloon’s pilot was taken to a hospital in nearby Crown Point, Indiana.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024
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
During the pandemic, nursing homes in Illinois and Michigan have repeatedly sent elderly and disabled Medicaid patients to NeuroBehavioral Hospital in Crown Point, Ind., said Kimberly Jackson, a discharge planner at the psychiatric hospital.
From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2020
Braddock was to attack Fort Duquesne; Shirley was to strike at Niagara; Johnson to attack Crown Point; and Lieutenant-Colonel Monckton was to proceed against Beauséjour.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
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