Meaning of ATLANTA
Pronunciation: | | at'lantu
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- [n] Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying Atlanta and burned the city; 1864
- [n] state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War
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| Synonyms: | | battle of Atlanta, capital of Georgia |
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| See Also: | | American Civil War, Atlanta, Atlanta, battle of Atlanta, beleaguering, besieging, capital of Georgia, Empire State of the South, GA, Georgia, military blockade, Peach State, siege, state capital, War between the States | |
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| Definition: | | \At*lan"ta\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at
the surface in mid ocean. See {Heteropod}.
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