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alamo

1 American  
[al-uh-moh, ah-luh-] / ˈæl əˌmoʊ, ˈɑ lə- /

noun

Southwestern U.S.

plural

alamos

  1. a poplar.

Alamo 2 American  
[al-uh-moh] / ˈæl əˌmoʊ /

noun

  1. 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 British  
/ ˈæləˌməʊ /

noun

  1. a 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

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Alamo Cultural  

  1. 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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Rallying under the cry “Remember the Alamo!”, Texans later forced the Mexicans to recognize the independent republic of Texas.

Etymology

Origin of alamo

First recorded in 1830–40, alamo is from the Spanish word álamo poplar, ultimately < a pre-Roman language of Iberia

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He’d taken a misstep and fallen backward, knocking over three men who had the misfortune of standing near the wall of the Alamo.

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“He forgot about the attack from the north outer wall of the Alamo complex,” came a voice I knew all too well.

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The repercussion track for the Alamo kid started to play, and I stifled a yawn.

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The press of a button and the screen changed from the bloody battle of the Alamo to the serene inside of Ford’s Theatre.

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It was, he told Squire, a "Flaming Alamo".

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