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alamo
1[ al-uh-moh, ah-luh- ]
noun
- a poplar.
Alamo
2[ al-uh-moh ]
noun
- a Franciscan mission in San Antonio, Texas, besieged by Mexicans on February 23, 1836, during the Texan war for independence and taken on March 6, 1836, with its entire garrison killed.
Alamo
/ ˈæəˌəʊ /
noun
- the Alamoa mission in San Antonio, Texas, the site of a siege and massacre in 1836 by Mexican forces under Santa Anna of a handful of American rebels fighting for Texan independence from Mexico
Alamo
- A fort, once a chapel, in San Antonio, Texas , where a group of Americans made a heroic stand against a much larger Mexican force in 1836, during the war for Texan independence from Mexico . The Mexicans, under General Santa Anna, besieged the Alamo and eventually killed all of the defenders, including Davy Crockett .
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Word History and Origins
Origin of alamo1
Example Sentences
The proposed tower would be one of the city’s tallest at 53 stories, rising in the center of one the city’s densest mixed-use complexes called the Bloc that already has office and hotel towers as well an Alamo Drafthouse cineplex, stores and restaurants.
At the baby-friendly screenings — which ended at the El Capitan but are still offered at Alamo Drafthouse — babies were allowed to wail over the lowered movie volume.
I went to college in Austin and, of course, we had Alamo Drafthouse.
I have been sickened by the lingering scent of buffalo cauliflower bites at Alamo Drafthouse far too often for my liking.
We have Crunchyroll, we have Alamo Drafthouse and we’re looking at location-based entertainment projects.
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