GETTYSBURG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gettysburg mean? 

• GETTYSBURG (noun)
  The noun GETTYSBURG has 2 senses:

1. a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery

2. a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union

  Familiarity information: GETTYSBURG used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GETTYSBURG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Gettysburg" is a part of...):

Keystone State; PA; Pa.; Pennsylvania (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Battle of Gettysburg; Gettysburg

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Keystone State; PA; Pa.; Pennsylvania (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Holonyms ("Gettysburg" is a part of...):

American Civil War; United States Civil War; War between the States (civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865)