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Alamo

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Noun

1. alamo

a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico

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noun
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Alamo

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Franciscan mission at San Antonio, Tex.: scene of a siege and massacre of Texans by Mexican troops (1836)
nounWord forms: plural ˈalaˌmos
Southwest
a poplar tree; esp., a cottonwood

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Alamo

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n. pl. al·a·mos
Southwestern US
A poplar tree, especially a cottonwood.
A church built after 1744 as part of a Spanish mission in San Antonio, Texas, and converted to a fort in the early 1800s. During the Texas Revolution against Mexican rule, it was besieged (February 23 to March 6, 1836) by the Mexican army, who killed all the members of the Texas garrison.

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