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A fort in San Antonio, Texas, United States, site of the Battle of the Alamo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Alternative spelling of Álamo (“A city in Veracruz, Mexico”).
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A city, the county seat of Wheeler County, Georgia, United States.
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A town, the county seat of Crockett County, Tennessee, United States.
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A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
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A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.
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A poplar tree of Southwestern U.S.; a cottonwood (Populus spp.).
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a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico
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Broader terms: slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery, siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade
History
Borrowed from Spanish álamo (“cottonwood tree”).
From Spanish álamo. Doublet of elm.
Across languages
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