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VICKSBURG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vicksburg mean?
• VICKSBURG (noun)
The noun VICKSBURG has 2 senses:
1. a town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson; focus of an important campaign during the American Civil War as the Union fought to control the Mississippi River and so to cut the Confederacy into two halves
2. a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
Familiarity information: VICKSBURG used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson; focus of an important campaign during the American Civil War as the Union fought to control the Mississippi River and so to cut the Confederacy into two halves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Vicksburg" is a part of...):
Magnolia State; Miss.; Mississippi; MS (a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
siege of Vicksburg; Vicksburg
Instance hypernyms:
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:
Magnolia State; Miss.; Mississippi; MS (a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War)
Holonyms ("Vicksburg" 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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