NOUN | location | Atlanta, capital of Georgia | state capital and largest city of Georgia |
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act | Atlanta, battle of Atlanta | a siege in which Federal troops / troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it |
Sounds | aetlae'nah; aetlae'ntah; ahtlae'nah; ahtlae'ntah | |
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Rhymes | Altoona ... zona: 128 rhymes with nah... | |
Alberta ... zeta: 71 rhymes with tah... |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonym | capital of Georgia | |
Instance of | state capital | The capital city of a political subdivision of a country |
Part of | Georgia, Empire State of the South, Peach State, GA, Ga. | A state in southeastern United States |
Parts | Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC | A federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services |
Region of | Atlanta, battle of Atlanta | A siege in which Federal troops / troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it |
Spanish | Atlanta, capital de Georgia | |
Catalan | Atlanta |
Meaning | A siege in which Federal troops / troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864. | |
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Synonym | battle of Atlanta | |
Instance of | siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade | The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack |
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 |
Region | Atlanta, capital of Georgia | state capital and largest city of Georgia |
Spanish | Atlanta | |
Catalan | Atlanta |
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