city in NE N.Y., on Lake Champlain: scene of a British invasion (1814) repulsed by the U.S.: pop. 19,000
See Plattsburgh in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(plătsˈbûrgˌ)
A city of extreme northeast New York on Lake Champlain northwest of Burlington, Vermont. During the War of 1812 an American fleet decisively defeated the British in a naval battle here on September 11, 1814. Population: 19,300.