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

2 senses of atlanta

Sense 1
Atlanta, capital of Georgia -- (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)
       INSTANCE OF=> state capital -- (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)

Sense 2
Atlanta, battle of Atlanta -- (a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864)
       INSTANCE OF=> siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade -- (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)