Jamestown

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdʒeɪmzˌtaʊn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling( jāmz′toun′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
James•town  ( jāmz′toun′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Namesa village in E Virginia: first permanent English settlement in North America 1607;
    restored 1957.
  2. Place Namesa city in SW New York. 35,775.
  3. Place Namesa city in central North Dakota. 16,280.
  4. Place Namesa seaport in and the capital of St. Helena, in the S Atlantic Ocean. 1475.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Jamestown /ˈdʒeɪmzˌtaʊn/ n
  1. a ruined village in E Virginia, on Jamestown Island (a peninsula in the James River): the first permanent settlement by the English in America (1607); capital of Virginia (1607–98); abandoned in 1699
'Jamestown' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Saint Helena - Smith - Bacon's Rebellion - euro - jimson weed - London Company - Opechancanough - St. Helena

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