Alamo

UK: /ˈæləˌməʊ/

US: 'Alamo': (al′ə mō′); 'alamo': (al′ə mō′, ä′lə-)

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Alamo / ˈæləˌməʊ/ noun

1. the Alamo ⇒ 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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al•a•mo  (al′ə mō′, ä′lə-), n., pl. -mos. [Southwestern U.S.]

1. Dialect Terms a poplar.

• a pre-Roman language of Iberia
• Spanish álamo poplar, ultimately
• 1830–40

Al•a•mo  (al′ə mō′), n. 

1. American History 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.