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a British island in the S Atlantic: Napoleon's place of exile 1815–21. 5147; 47 sq. mi. (122 sq. km).
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a British colony comprising this island, Ascension Island, and the Tristan da Cunha group. 5147; 126 sq. mi. (326 sq. km). Capital: Jamestown.
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Jamestown definition
The first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607 in Virginia. Jamestown was named for King James I of England. It was destroyed later in the seventeenth century in an uprising of Virginians against the governor.
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