Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gettysburg

2 senses of gettysburg

Sense 1
Gettysburg -- (a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")

Sense 2
Gettysburg, Battle of Gettysburg -- (a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)