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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War;

2. the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee;
[syn: Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Petersburg
    n 1: a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene
         of heavy fighting during the American Civil War
    2: the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union
       forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate
       forces under Lee [syn: Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign]