单词 | Richmond |
释义 | Rich·mond (rĭchmənd) 1. The capital of Virginia, in the east-central part of the state on the James River north of Petersburg. Settled in the 1600s, it became the capital of Virginia in 1779 and was strategically important in the American Revolution and the Civil War, during which it was the capital of the Confederacy. The evacuation of Richmond by Confederate troops on April 3, 1865, led to Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9. 2. A city of northern California on an inlet of San Francisco Bay north-northwest of Oakland. It is a port and industrial center. |
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