ALAMO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alamo mean? 

• ALAMO (noun)
  The noun ALAMO has 1 sense:

1. a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico

  Familiarity information: ALAMO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALAMO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

butchery; carnage; mass murder; massacre; slaughter (the savage and excessive killing of many people)

beleaguering; besieging; military blockade; siege (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)

Domain region:

San Antonio (a city of south central Texas; site of the Alamo; site of several military bases and a popular haven for vacationers)