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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson; focus of an important campaign during the American Civil War as the Union fought to control the Mississippi River and so to cut the Confederacy into two halves;

2. a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered;
[syn: Vicksburg, siege of Vicksburg]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Vicksburg n 1: a town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson; focus of an important campaign during the American Civil War as the Union fought to control the Mississippi River and so to cut the Confederacy into two halves 2: a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered [syn: Vicksburg, siege of Vicksburg]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Vicksburg, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan Population (2000): 2320 Housing Units (2000): 956 Land area (2000): 1.832728 sq. miles (4.746743 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.056096 sq. miles (0.145289 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.888824 sq. miles (4.892032 sq. km) FIPS code: 82300 Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26 Location: 42.120481 N, 85.534188 W ZIP Codes (1990): 49097 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Vicksburg, MI Vicksburg
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Vicksburg, MS -- U.S. city in Mississippi Population (2000): 26407 Housing Units (2000): 11654 Land area (2000): 32.882895 sq. miles (85.166303 sq. km) Water area (2000): 2.388615 sq. miles (6.186483 sq. km) Total area (2000): 35.271510 sq. miles (91.352786 sq. km) FIPS code: 76720 Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28 Location: 32.335986 N, 90.875356 W ZIP Codes (1990): 39180 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Vicksburg, MS Vicksburg