/ Dictionary / Index Y Yorktown: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: York•town Pronunciation: (yôrk'toun"), [key] — n. a village in SE Virginia: surrender (October 19, 1781) of Cornwallis to Washington in the American Revolution. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: yorktown (Thesaurus) Yorkton Yoruba Related Content Daily Word Quiz: intrepid Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language