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Atlanta

Atlanta Meaning & Definition
Atlanta Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Atlanta?

[n] Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying Atlanta and burned the city; 1864
[n] state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War

Synonyms | Synonyms for Atlanta: battle of Atlanta | capital of Georgia

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See Also | American Civil War | Atlanta | Atlanta | battle of Atlanta | beleaguering | besieging | capital of Georgia | Empire State of the South | GA | Georgia | military blockade | Peach State | siege | state capital | War between the States

Atlanta In Webster's Dictionary

\At*lan"ta\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See {Heteropod}.

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