Richmond

Rich·mond  (rchmnd)

1. A community of southwest British Columbia, Canada, a suburb of Vancouver on the Strait of Georgia. Population: 174,000.

2. A city of western California on an inlet of San Francisco Bay north-northwest of Oakland. It is a port and industrial center. Population: 102,000.

3. The capital of Virginia, in the east-central part of the state on the James River north of Petersburg. Settled in the 17th century, it became the capital of Virginia in 1779 and was strategically important in the American Revolution and the Civil War, during which it was the capital of the Confederacy. The evacuation of Richmond by Confederate troops on April 3, 1865, led to Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9. Population: 193,000.

4. See Staten Island.

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Richmond [ˈrɪtʃmənd]

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1. (Placename) a borough of Greater London, on the River Thames: formed in 1965 by the amalgamation of Barnes, Richmond, and Twickenham; site of Hampton Court Palace and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Pop.: 172 327 (2001). Area: 55 sq. km (21 sq. miles) Official name Richmond-upon-Thames

2. (Placename) a town in N England, in North Yorkshire: Norman castle. Pop.: 7862 (1991)

3. (Placename) a port in E Virginia, the state capital, at the falls of the James River: developed after the establishment of a trading post (1637); scene of the Virginia Conventions of 1774 and 1775; Confederate capital in the American Civil War. Pop.: 197 790 (2000)

4. (Placename) a county of SW New York City: coextensive with Staten Island borough; consists of Staten Island and several smaller islands

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Richmond - capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War capital of Virginia Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Virginia - a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War