Yorktown

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Yorktown

/ˈjɔː(ɹ)ktaʊn/

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From York + town, in Virginia after its county.

proper noun

An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois.
A town in Mount Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Indiana.
A town in Westchester County, New York.
A city in DeWitt County, Texas.
A town, the county seat of York County, in southeastern Virginia. It was the site of the final battle of the Revolutionary War.

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@misc{yorktown_2026,
  title = {Yorktown},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yorktown},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}