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Lexington

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Lex·ing·ton  (lksng-tn)
1. The largest city of Kentucky, in the northeast-central part east-southeast of Louisville. A noted center for the raising of thoroughbred horses, it was named in 1775 after the Battle of Lexington. Population: 271,000.
2. A town of northeast Massachusetts, a residential suburb of Boston. The Battle of Lexington (April 19, 1775) marked the beginning of the American Revolution. Population: 30,200.

Lexington [ˈlɛksɪŋtən]
n
1. (Placename) a city in NE central Kentucky, in the bluegrass region: major centre for horse-breeding. Pop.: 260 512 (2000)
2. (Placename) a city in Massachusetts, northwest of Boston: site of the first action (1775) of the War of American Independence. Pop.: 28 974 (1990)

Lex•ing•ton (ˈlɛk sɪŋ tən)

n.
1. a town in E Massachusetts, NW of Boston: first battle of the American Revolution fought here April 19, 1775. 29,479.
2. a city in N Kentucky. 239,942.
Thesaurus Legend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Lexington - town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was foughtLexington - town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought
Bay State, Massachusetts, Old Colony, MA - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
2.Lexington - a city in eastern Kentucky; noted for raising thoroughbred horses
Bluegrass State, Kentucky, KY - a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses
3.Lexington - the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775)
American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence, War of American Independence - the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783
Bay State, Massachusetts, Old Colony, MA - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies


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"Yes," replied Grandfather; "it was so called, because the British, without provocation, had fired upon a party of minute-men, near Lexington meeting-house, and killed eight of them.
These led them to execute every diabolical scheme; and, on the fifteenth day of August, commanded a party of Indians and Canadians, of about five hundred in number, against Briant's station, five miles from Lexington.
Five years later, in the twilight of an April morning, he stood on the green, beside the meeting-house, at Lexington, where now the obelisk of granite, with a slab of slate inlaid, commemorates the first fallen of the Revolutions.
 
 
 
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