noun
pl. -·mos·Southwest a poplar tree; esp., a cottonwood
Origin of alamo
Spanish álamo, poplar tree
The famous Alamo mission in San Antonio.
- Alamo is defined as a mission in San Antonio, Texas that was used as a fort during the Texas revolution.
An example of the Alamo is the site of 187 Texan deaths in 1836.
- The definition of an alamo is a poplar tree from the southwest area of the United States.
An example of an alamo is a cottonwood tree.
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Alamo
Franciscan mission at San Antonio, Tex.: scene of a siege and massacre of Texans by Mexican troops (1836)
Origin of Alamo
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noun
pl. al·a·mos Southwestern USA poplar tree, especially a cottonwood.
Origin of alamo
Spanish álamoAlamo
A church built after 1744 as part of a Spanish mission in San Antonio, Texas, and converted to a fort in the early 1800s. During the Texas Revolution against Mexican rule, it was besieged (February 23 to March 6, 1836) by the Mexican army, who killed all the members of the Texas garrison.
Alamo
façade of the chapel at the Alamo
San Antonio, Texas
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Sentence Examples
- "The Alamo is No Place for Dancing" is stripped down, bare-boned, dark and stormy gem of song and the vocals on "Alvin Maker's Greensong" have moments of Simon and Garfunkle excellence (yes, that IS a good thing).
- There are year-round and seasonal tours available to choose from, including walks that take you to Alamo Square, the Haight-Ashbury, Japantown, and many other neighborhoods and attractions.
- Most locals suspect that the level of paranormal activity is related to the fact that the Menger was built in 1859 near the location where the battle of the Alamo took place 23 years earlier.
- "Remember the Alamo" became a war-cry of the Texans.
- Of the San Antonio river; it was begun probably in 1744 and was the chapel of the Mission San Antonio de Valero (often called "the Alamo mission"); in 1883 it was bought by the state and has since been maintained as a public monument.
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