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Yorktown.

A place in the United States:

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈjɔː(ɹ)ktaʊn/
  1. A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois.

  2. A place in the United States: A town in Mount Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Indiana.

  3. A place in the United States: A town in Westchester County, New York.

  4. A place in the United States: A city in DeWitt County, Texas.

  5. A place in the United States: A town, the county seat of York County, in southeastern Virginia. It was the site of the final battle of the Revolutionary War.

Where this word comes from

From York + town, in Virginia after its county.

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