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Noun: Lexington  lek-sing-tun
  1. Town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought and the first shots fired
     
  2. A city in eastern Kentucky; noted for raising thoroughbred horses
     
  3. The first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775)
    - Battles of Lexington and Concord, Concord, Lexington and Concord

Type of: city, metropolis, pitched battle, town, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence, Bay State, Bluegrass State, Ken., Kentucky, KY, MA, Mass., Massachusetts, Old Colony, War of American Independence

Encyclopedia: Lexington, New York