Yorktown

American  

[yawrk-toun] / ˈyɔrkˌtaʊn /

noun

1. a village in SE Virginia: surrender (October 19, 1781) of Cornwallis to Washington in the American Revolution.

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Yorktown British  

/ ˈjɔːkˌtaʊn /

noun

1. a village in SE Virginia: scene of the surrender (1781) of the British under Cornwallis to the Americans under Washington at the end of the War of American Independence

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Example Sentences

Washington allegedly carried them while at Valley Forge and Yorktown, site of the 1781 British surrender that cleared the way for the creation of a new nation.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Thomas J. Watson Research Center sits on a sprawling campus in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., some 40 miles from Manhattan.

From Barron's

About the author: Joseph Epstein is director of the Turan Research Center and senior fellow at the Yorktown Institute.

From Barron's

He admired the Americans’ battle for independence, befriended George Washington, and came to command Continental troops at the decisive battle of Yorktown.

From Los Angeles Times

His forces were on their way to the pivotal Battle of Yorktown, where the British suffered great losses and surrendered.

From Seattle Times