Germantown

(jûrˈmən-tounˌ)

1. An unincorporated community of west-central Maryland northwest of Rockville. It is the site of a US Department of Energy facility. Population: 55,400.
2. A residential section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Settled in 1683, it was the site of a Revolutionary War battle (October 4, 1777) in which George Washington's troops unsuccessfully attacked the British encampment. The original township was annexed by Philadelphia in 1854.
3. A town of extreme southwest Tennessee, a suburb of Memphis. Population: 37,500.