Jamestown

/ˌdʒeɪmˈstaʊn/
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Definitions of Jamestown
  1. noun
    a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607
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    hamlet, village
    a settlement smaller than a town
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