Jamestown

[jeymz-toun]

noun

1. a village in E Virginia: first permanent English settlement in North America 1607; restored 1957.

2. a city in SW New York.

3. a city in central North Dakota.

4. a seaport in and the capital of St. Helena, in the S Atlantic Ocean.

Jamestown

/ ˈdʒeɪmzˌtaʊn /

noun

1. a ruined village in E Virginia, on Jamestown Island (a peninsula in the James River): the first permanent settlement by the English in America (1607); capital of Virginia (1607–98); abandoned in 1699

Jamestown

1. The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607 in Virginia. Jamestown was named for King James I of England. It was destroyed later in the seventeenth century in an uprising of Virginians against the governor.

Example Sentences

Jamestown, a real estate and investment company, markets the Northern Waterfront an emerging AI hub after leasing more than 43,000 square feet of office space to AI companies.

From Los Angeles Times

Racism has been a feature of American history since the first slave ship hove to off Jamestown in 1619.

From Salon

Ms Cunningham, 31, was last seen at about 03:00 GMT on Jamestown Road in Camden wearing a black vest top, skirt and Converse trainers.

From BBC

He was being held at the Sierra Conservation Center in Jamestown, about 50 miles southeast of Stockton, since Oct.

From Los Angeles Times

Radimak is being held at the Sierra Conservation Center in Jamestown, about 50 miles southeast of Stockton.

From Los Angeles Times