Jamestown

['dʒeimztaun]

Definition

(noun.) a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607.

Typist: Rex--From WordNet

Examples

The first negro slaves were brought to Jamestown in Virginia by a Dutch ship as early as 1620. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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