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Jamestown definition

James·town (jāmz′to̵un′)

  1. former village near the mouth of the James River, Va.: the 1st permanent English colonial settlement in America (1607)
  2. capital of St. Helena: pop. 1,500

Etymology: after James I

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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