ALAMO

Alamo

(noun) 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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Alamo

A fort in San Antonio, Texas, United States, site of the Battle of the Alamo.

A city, the county seat of Wheeler County, Georgia, United States.

A town, the county seat of Crockett County, Tennessee, United States.

A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.

Noun

alamo (plural alamos)

A poplar tree of Southwestern U.S.; the cottonwood.

Source: Wiktionary



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UNMARRIED

(adjective) not married or related to the unmarried state; “unmarried men and women”; “unmarried life”; “sex and the single girl”; “single parenthood”; “are you married or single?”


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