Gettysburg
pronunciation
How to pronounce Gettysburg in British English:
UK ['ɡetɪzbɜ:ɡ]
How to pronounce Gettysburg in American English:
US ['ɡetɪzˌbɜrɡ]
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- Noun:
- a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery
- a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate army was a major victory for the Union
Word Origin
- Gettysburg
- town in south-central Pennsylvania, U.S., 1800 (earlier it was Gettys-town), founded 1780s by Gen. James Gettys and named for him. Civil War battle there was fought July 1-3, 1863. The Gettysburg Address was given Nov. 19, 1863, and was being called that by 1865, though before President Lincoln's assassination the term tended to refer to Edward Everett's full oration that preceded Lincoln's short speech.
Example
- 1. Could the gettysburg battle have been the turning point ?
- 2. The setting was gettysburg , site of a decisive battle in america 's civil war .
- 3. Gettysburg is located in central pennsylvania , a few miles north of the maryland border .
- 4. In july 1863 , at the battle of gettysburg , about 320 of the irish brigade 's remaining 530 soldiers were killed .
- 5. For us , they fought and died , in places like concord and gettysburg ; normandy and khe sahn .