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US
/ætˈɫæntə, ətˈɫæntə/
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NOUN
- state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War
- a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864
How To Use Atlanta In A Sentence
- After putting its energy into the 2008 acquisition of Northwest Airlines, the Atlanta-based carrier plans to spend more than $2 billion through 2013 to lure travelers with new flat-bed seats, video on demand and upgraded facilities in hotly contested markets such as New York. Delta Refocuses
- King was eight years old when he was slapped by a white woman in a downtown Atlanta department store and insulted with a racial slur.
- So let's "D.g D.eper" now with 360 M.D. D.. Sanjay Gupta just back from Mexico, now at the Centers for D.sease Control in Atlanta. CNN Transcript Apr 30, 2009
- Farrell also said that Atlanta Bread would offer breakfast, lunch and dinner and also provide some outdoor seating.
- Overall, visitors to Atlanta will find it to be a pleasant and exciting travel destination.
- New York made it to the National League Championship Series as a Wild Card team last October, losing a cliffhanger series to the Atlanta Braves.
- Martin has led in 14 consecutive races dating to the final race of last season at Atlanta.
- The removal of the State capital from Milledgeville to Atlanta also gave the renaissant city a good start, and the wonderful manner in which it drew trade and capital to it from all sides made it the envy of its sister Georgian cities. The Great South; A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland
- But that meeting was not something Atlanta will paste in its book of cherished Olympic memories.
- Johnson must score 5, 600 points in the seven-event heptathlon to automatically qualify for the trials, June 14-23 in Atlanta.
