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Atlanta

at·lanta

UK/ætˈlæntə/ US/ætˈlæɾ̃ə/ fairly common

noun

1.

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

2.

Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying Atlanta and burned the city; 1864

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