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Definition: Alamo |
AlamoNoun1. The mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Alamo |
| English words defined with "Alamo": Crockett ♦ David Crockett, Davy Crockett ♦ San Antonio. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Texan forces who had fortified the Alamo in anticipation of the battle were volunteer soldiers of the Provisional Government of Texas who had signed an oath of allegiance to protect that government and obey the orders of that government's officers. On February 23, 1836 General Antonio López de Santa Anna led an army of 3,000 Mexican troops against the Alamo. After a 13-day siege the Mexican army defeated the defenders on March 6 and took the Alamo. Before the battle Santa Anna ordered that a flag be raised indicating to the defenders that no quarter would be given. Accordingly all 189 defenders who were not killed in battle were captured and executed. Among its defenders were James Bowie, David Crockett and William Barret Travis. About two dozen women and children and a slave at the Alamo were released.
When General Santa Anna's army was defeated by a smaller Texan force in the Battle of San Jacinto, Texan soldiers used the now-famous battle cry, "Remember the Alamo".
See also, movies named The Alamo.
Alamo is also the name of a town in California. See Alamo, California.External link
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Alamo."
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Lyrics | And forget the Alamo, ("In Old Mexico"; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | La Strada per Fort Alamo (1964) Spirit of the Alamo (1960) The Alamo (1960) West of the Alamo (1946) Heroes of the Alamo (1937) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Wild Burro north of Artillery Peak in Alamo Herd Management Area.Credit: Unknown. |  | General view of the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Cuba, a section of the Central Highway shaded by Royal Poincianna [i.e. Poinciana] and Alamo trees.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Truckload of cabbages backed up to vegetable packing shed, Alamo, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Packing cabbages into crates, Alamo, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Meat market and laundry, Mexican section. Alamo, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Hall family living near Alamo, North Dakota.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Children of the Hall family. Near Alamo, North Dakota.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mexican box makers at vegetable packing plant. Alamo, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sorting and inspecting cabbages before packing into boxes. Alamo, Texas.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Thomas Jefferson Green. | Thermopylae had her messenger of defeat -- the Alamo had none. |
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Business | Car rental agencies with the strongest presence in the tourist market are Alamo, Avis and Hertz. (references) | |
Economic History | Hungary | Some American travel companies currently operating in Hungary are American Express, Delta Airlines, Continental Airlines, Tradesco Privilege Tours, American International Group, Alamo Rent-a-Car, and Worldspan. (references) |
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| "Alamo" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 82.35% of the time. "Alamo" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 82.35% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (proper) | 17.65% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Alamo" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Alamo | Last name | 1,000 | 10,537 |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Alamo Group Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Alamo, CA (CDP, FIPS 618) 2. Alamo, GA (city, FIPS 996) 3. Alamo, IN (town, FIPS 784) 4. Alamo, ND (city, FIPS 940) 5. Alamo, NM 6. Alamo, NV 7. Alamo, TN (town, FIPS 440) 8. Alamo, TX (city, FIPS 1576) |
Expression using "Alamo": alamo Heights. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
alamo | 5,290 | alamo picture | 60 |
alamo car rental | 4,058 | los alamo monitor | 60 |
alamo rent a car | 1,388 | alamo rent | 58 |
the alamo | 653 | alamo heights isd | 55 |
alamo ca | 469 | alamo coupon | 55 |
alamo rental | 368 | los alamo county | 51 |
los alamo | 229 | alamo nv | 51 |
alamo draft house | 204 | los alamo national lab | 47 |
alamo drafthouse | 200 | los alamo new mexico | 47 |
los alamo nm | 187 | alamo bank los national | 45 |
alamo movie | 184 | alamo iron works | 44 |
alamo car | 176 | alamo car hire | 43 |
the battle of the alamo | 165 | alamo car sales | 39 |
alamo texas | 92 | alamo history | 38 |
alamo ricardo | 88 | alamo title | 38 |
alamo college community | 81 | alamo toyota | 36 |
alamo college community district | 72 | alamo tennessee | 34 |
los alamo national laboratory | 63 | alamo theater | 34 |
alamo firework | 63 | alamo stadium | 33 |
san antonio alamo | 61 | alamo heights | 31 |
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| Language | Translations for "Alamo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 阿拉摩 . (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | alamoay | ||||
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Words beginning with "Alamo": alamode, alamodes, alamos. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Alamo": calamondin, calamondins. (additional references) | |
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"Alamo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abano, Adano, Aiadmk, Akam, Akao, Alaemon, Alaiou, Alamao, alame, Alanah, Alao, Alaomi, Albadou, Albaro, Alcama, Alcamo, Aldam, Alejo, Alemu, Alim, Allama, Allamah, Allami, allampo, Almayo, Alpalo, Amamou, Asafo, Atlam, Azato, Blammo, Lhamo, Ulanov. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-m-o" | |
-1 letter: alma, lama, loam, mola. | |
-2 letters: aal, ala, ama, lam, moa, mol. | |
-3 letters: aa, al, am, la, lo, ma, mo, om. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-m-o" | |
+1 letter: alamos, amatol, amoral. | |
+2 letters: alamode, amatols, ammonal, anomaly, armload, mandola, mayoral, monadal, oatmeal. | |
+3 letters: abnormal, abomasal, acromial, alamodes, allogamy, ammonals, amorally, amphoral, armloads, armorial, atomical, axonemal, axoplasm, balmoral, blastoma, celomata, chloasma, comatula, foamable, glaucoma, gliomata, laywoman, lipomata, magnolia, maiolica, majolica, malaprop, malaroma, mandolas, manorial, matronal, mausolea, meatloaf, melanoma, metazoal, monachal, monaural, monaxial, morainal, oatmeals, stomatal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 61 6D 6F |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. .- -- --- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01100001 01101101 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l a m o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 0061 006D 006F |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3578677981 |
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