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Antietam definition

An·tie·tam (an tēt′əm)

creek in W Md.: its juncture with the Potomac is the site of a bloody, but indecisive, Civil War battle (1862)

Etymology: AmInd < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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