Associations to the word «Jamestown»

Wiktionary

JAMESTOWN, proper noun. The capital of the island Saint Helena.
JAMESTOWN, proper noun. A city in Kentucky
JAMESTOWN WEED, noun. Alternative form of jimsonweed
JAMESTOWN WEEDS, noun. Plural of Jamestown weed

Dictionary definition

JAMESTOWN, noun. A former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats