Ticonderoga

[ tahy-kon-duh-roh-guh ]

/ ˌtaɪ kɒn dəˈroʊ gə /

noun

a village in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: site of French fort captured by the English 1759 and by Americans under Ethan Allen 1775.

Example sentences from the Web for ticonderoga

Orders were also despatched to Ticonderoga, to forward at once all troops to the main army that could be spared.

The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77 |Samuel Adams Drake
Quiet, therefore, reigned at Ticonderoga throughout the winter of 1776 and 1777.

Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777 |Samuel Adams Drake
They afterwards ventured to attack Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, and cannonaded them four days before they were repulsed.

The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth |Edward Osler
The French took possession of Ticonderoga, and fortified it.

The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 (of 5) |John Marshall

They could discover but little: a dense forest and a deep morass lay between them and Ticonderoga.

The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 2 of 2) |George Warburton

British Dictionary definitions for ticonderoga

Ticonderoga

/ (ˌtaɪkɒndəˈrəʊɡə) /

noun

a village in NE New York State, on Lake George: site of Fort Ticonderoga, scene of battles between the British and French (1758–59) and a strategic point in the War of American Independence

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