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jamestown

/ˈdʒeɪmzˌtaʊn/

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What does jamestown mean?

proper noun

  1. The capital city of Saint Helena.
  2. A town in the Mid North region, South Australia.
  3. A district of the city of Accra, Ghana.
More meanings (37)

proper noun

  1. A townland in Churchtown civil parish, County Westmeath, Ireland.
  2. A townland in Conry civil parish, County Westmeath, Ireland.
  3. A small village in County Laois, Ireland.
  4. A village in County Leitrim, Ireland.
  5. A ghost town in Southland, New Zealand.
  6. A hamlet south of Strathpeffer, Highland council area (OS grid ref NH4756).
  7. A village in the Vale of Leven, West Dunbartonshire council area (OS grid ref NS3981).
  8. A hamlet south of Inverkeithing, Fife council area (OS grid ref NT1281).
  9. A town in Joe Gqabi district municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
  10. A rural settlement in Cape Winelands district, Western Cape, South Africa.
  11. A former settlement in the Colony of Virginia, established in 1607 and named after King James I of England.
  12. A census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California.
  13. A statutory town in Boulder County, Colorado.
  14. A ghost town in Chattahoochee County, Georgia.
  15. A small community in Ware County, Georgia.
  16. A small town in Jackson Township, Boone County and Eel River Township, Hendricks County, Indiana; named after its founder, James Mattock.
  17. An unincorporated community in Baugo Township, Elkhart County, Indiana.
  18. An unincorporated community in Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
  19. The original name of New Lisbon, Henry County, Indiana.
  20. A tiny city in Cloud County, Kansas.
  21. A community in the city of Dayton, Kentucky.
  22. A small home rule city, the county seat of Russell County, Kentucky.
  23. A village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
  24. A village in Moniteau County, Missouri.
  25. A city in Chautauqua County, New York; the largest city in the United States with this name; named after early settler James Prendergast.
  26. A town in Guilford County, North Carolina.
  27. A city, the county seat of Stutsman County, North Dakota; the second-largest city in the United States with this name.
  28. A village in Greene County, Ohio.
  29. A ghost town in Morrow County, Ohio.
  30. An unincorporated community in Rogers County, Oklahoma.
  31. A borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
  32. A town in Newport County, Rhode Island; named after King James II of England.
  33. A tiny town in Berkeley County, South Carolina.
  34. A small city, the county seat of Fentress County, Tennessee.
  35. An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.
  36. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
  37. A town in Grant County, Wisconsin.
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My father had forgotten to tell me that the fire-boat-walks-on-mountains had its track at Jamestown, and might appear at any moment.
Charles A. EastmanIndian BoyhoodProject Gutenberg ebook #337
Returning from the governor's house to Jamestown, I drove with Mr. Clark, a countryman of mine, to "Longwood," the home of Napoleon.
Joshua SlocumSailing Alone Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #6317
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Like those first settlers at Jamestown, the pioneers at Astoria saw only failure ahead, and that which we fear, we bring to pass.
Elbert HubbardJohn Jacob AstorProject Gutenberg ebook #412
From the shimmering swirl of waters where many, many thoughts ago the slave-ship first saw the square tower of Jamestown have flowed down to our day three streams of thinking: one from the larger world here and over-seas, saying, the multiplying of human wants in culture lands calls for the world-wide co-operation of men in satisfying them.
VariousThe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial IssueProject Gutenberg ebook #206
From the shimmering swirl of waters where many, many thoughts ago the slave-ship first saw the square tower of Jamestown, have flowed down to our day three streams of thinking: one swollen from the larger world here and overseas, saying, the multiplying of human wants in culture-lands calls for the world-wide cooperation of men in satisfying them.
W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du BoisThe Souls of Black FolkProject Gutenberg ebook #408