alamo

¹

[ al-uh-moh, ah-luh- ]

noun

, Southwestern U.S.

, plural al·a·mos.

1. a poplar.

Alamo

²

[ al-uh-moh ]

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

/ ˈæləˌməʊ /

noun

1. the Alamo
   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

Alamo

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 .

Notes

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of alamo¹

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

Example Sentences

They get more mileage out of Collins, who compiled a collection of memorabilia related to the Alamo.

From Washington Post

For those who considered Texas independence a good thing, the Alamo became part of the Texas founding myth, and its defenders were treated as martyrs.

From Washington Post

In the end, the siege at the Alamo ended up costing him all of four days.

From Time

The men at the Alamo fought and died because they had no choice.

From Time

Even as the nation is undergoing a sweeping reassessment of its racial history, and despite decades of academic research that casts the Texas Revolt and the Alamo’s siege in a new light, little of this has permeated the conversation in Texas.

From Time

According to League, Alamo Drafthouse was actively working with Sony on Monday on the possibility of screening The Interview.

From The Daily Beast

For them, this is a battle every bit as symbolic and important as the Alamo once was to Americans.

From The Daily Beast

As a boy in Alamo, a tiny Mormon ranching community in Lincoln County 90 miles north of Las Vegas, Lamb was one of 11 children.

From The Daily Beast

This show started as a one-off joke at the Alamo Drafthouse in 2007 after viewing this.

From The Daily Beast

According to Watts, the moms staged a counter event, one mile away from the Alamo protest.

From The Daily Beast

Not being sufficiently numerous to hold out the town as well as the Alamo, they retreated into the latter.

From Project Gutenberg

Well, we couldn't even think Bunker Hill but what she'd pipe up about the Alamo.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1785 the troops were obliged to retire into the Alamo at San Antonio, in order to be secured from their raids.

From Project Gutenberg

On the approach of Santa Anna, they took refuge in the Alamo, about half a mile to the north of the town.

From Project Gutenberg

Her route took her through Alamo plaza again, and the streets which still bore witness to the presence of the Carnival.

From Project Gutenberg