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KENNESAW MOUNTAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Kennesaw Mountain mean?
• KENNESAW MOUNTAIN (noun)
The noun KENNESAW MOUNTAIN has 1 sense:
1. battle of the American Civil War (1864); Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston
Familiarity information: KENNESAW MOUNTAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Battle of the American Civil War (1864); Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)
Domain region:
Empire State of the South; GA; Ga.; Georgia; Peach State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
Holonyms ("Kennesaw Mountain" 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)
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