Alamo

Borrowed from Spanish álamo (“cottonwood tree”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæləˌmoʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæləˌməʊ/

Alamo

1. A fort in San Antonio, Texas, United States, site of the Battle of the Alamo.
   • 2008, BBC Sport - Barnsley 1-0 Chelsea

     The Barnsley penalty area resembled the Alamo in the final 15 minutes, but somehow the home side held firm to book their passage into the last four.

2. A city, the county seat of Wheeler County, Georgia, United States.
3. A town, the county seat of Crockett County, Tennessee, United States.
4. A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
5. A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.

• Battle of the Alamo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia