Yorktown

Definition: Yorktown

Yorktown

Noun

1. American Revolution (1781): the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops.

Date "Yorktown" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Crosswords: Yorktown

English words defined with "Yorktown": Charles Cornwallis, Comte de Rochambeau, Cornwallis ♦ First Marquess Cornwallis ♦ Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur ♦ Rochambeau. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Yorktown": Scratchpad II. (references)

Yorktown is the name of several places in the United States of America:

Yorktown, Arkansas
Yorktown, Illinois
Yorktown, Indiana
Yorktown, Iowa
Yorktown, Kentucky
Yorktown, Maryland
Yorktown, New Jersey
Yorktown, New York
Yorktown, Ohio
Yorktown, Texas
Yorktown, Virginia

These places should not be confused with the various places named York and Yorkville.

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Yorktown (1924)

The Belle of Yorktown (1913)

Before Yorktown (1911)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Fighting Lady: New Yorktown in the Pacific War (reference) From Yorktown to Santiago With the Sixth U.S. Cavalry (reference) The Battle of Yorktown (Triangle Histories of the Revolutionary War) (reference) The War for American Independence: From 1760 to the Surrender at Yorktown in 1781 (reference) Yorktown 1781: The World Turned Upside Down (Campaign Series) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	At Naval Air Station, Kaneohe, Oahu, on 29 May 1942, with ground crewmen folding the starboard wing. On 4 June 1942, in the Battle of Midway, this plane was flown by Lieutenant Commander John S. Thach, VF-3's Commanding Officer, during the afternoon combat air patrol defending USS Yorktown (CV-5), wherein Thach probably shot down Lieutenant Joichi Tomonaga, leader of the attacking Japanese torpedo planes. Credit: NAVY.		Steaming in Subic Bay, Philippines, about sixty miles up the coast from Manila, 1915. She was returning from outside Subic Bay, where she had been participating in target practice. Photographed by Seaman Arthur B. Furnas, who was stationed on board USS Yorktown (Gunboat # 1), Flagship of the Asiatic Fleet. Credit: NAVY.
	Yorktown Hope -- 1931. Credit: Library of Congress.		First Jap torpedo bomber, "Jill," flying through hail of AA fire toward the USS Yorktown (CV-20) to attack, during the raid on Truk, Caroline Is. / Official U.S. Navy photo. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Nelson House, Yorktown, Va., headquarters of General Cornwallis. Credit: Library of Congress.		Yorktown, Va. Augustine Moore house, in which Lord Cornwallis signed the capitulation of 1781. Credit: Library of Congress.
	U.S.S. Yorktown. Credit: Library of Congress.		Moore House (house of Cornwallis' surrender), Yorktown, Va. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Pursuit of the flying rebels from Yorktown Sunday morning. Credit: Library of Congress.		U.S. Gun Boat Louisiana. Rebel Steamer Yorktown. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	Our revolution did not end at Yorktown.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Yorktown" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Yorktown" is used about 13 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 (proper)	100%	13	97,576

1. Yorktown, AR
Zip Code(s): 71678
Country: USA

2. Yorktown, IA (city, FIPS 87420)
Location: 40.73646 N, 95.15493 W
Population (1990): 100 (39 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 51656
Country: USA

3. Yorktown, IN (town, FIPS 86084)
Location: 40.17326 N, 85.47860 W
Population (1990): 4106 (1573 housing units)
Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 47396
Country: USA

4. Yorktown, TX (city, FIPS 80584)
Location: 28.98290 N, 97.50414 W
Population (1990): 2207 (1052 housing units)
Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 78164
Country: USA

5. Yorktown, VA
Zip Code(s): 23690
Country: USA

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Expression: Yorktown

Expression using "Yorktown": Yorktown Heights. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "Yorktown": Jefferson Valley-Yorktown.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Yorktown

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
yorktown heights ny	392	hotel yorktown	15
yorktown va	315	cinema yorktown	15
yorktown	230	lacrosse yorktown	14
uss yorktown	152	giant yorktown	13
battle of yorktown	124	yorktown indiana	13
yorktown pennysaver	95	yorktown texas	12
yorktown mall	95	yorktown new york	9
yorktown virginia	76	yorktown battlefield	9
yorktown high school	61	movie theater yorktown	9
yorktown heights	47	yorktown clipper	9
theater yorktown	27	yorktown heights new york	8
cabinet yorktown	26	yorktown aircraft carrier	8
yorktown in	25	battle map yorktown	8
yorktown ny	25	yorktown school	8
yorktown naval weapon station	25	tracen yorktown	7
yorktown tx	25	jamestown yorktown	7
foundation jamestown yorktown	19	amc yorktown	7
yorktown victory center	19	town yorktown	7
yorktown shopping center	17	yorktown apartment	7
cinema grill yorktown	17	energy partner yorktown	7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Yorktown

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "k-n-o-o-r-t-w-y"
	-3 letters: kotow, kroon, nooky, rooky, rooty, towny, toyon, wonky.
	-4 letters: knot, know, koto, nook, nowt, onto, rook, root, roto, ryot, tony, took, toon, torn, toro, tory, town, towy, toyo, trow, troy, tyro, wonk, wont, work, worn, wort.
	-5 letters: kor, noo, nor, not, now, oot, ort, own, rot, row, ton, too, tor, tow, toy, try.
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