Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Atlanta"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Atlanta \At*lan"ta\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at
the surface in mid ocean. See {Heteropod}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Atlanta
n 1: state capital and largest city of Georgia; plundered and
burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War
[syn: {Atlanta}, {capital of Georgia}]
2: Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying
Atlanta and burned the city; 1864 [syn: {Atlanta}, {battle
of Atlanta}]
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