Jamestown
geographical name
James·town
ˈjāmz-ˌtau̇n
1
city at the southern end of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York population 31,146
2
ruined village in eastern Virginia southwest of Williamsburg on the James River
Note: Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in America (1607).
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