battle of kings mountain

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Definition of battle of kings mountain in English English dictionary

(Oct. 7, 1780) Battle in the American Revolution between American revolutionaries and loyalists. About 2,000 frontiersmen were assembled to resist the British advance into North Carolina; they surrounded the 1,100 soldiers, mainly loyalists from New York and South Carolina, on Kings Mountain, S.C., near the border with North Carolina. The frontiersmen killed or captured almost all the loyalists, and the battle marked the beginning of the war's turn against the British

Hyphenation

bat·tle of Kings Moun·tain

Turkish pronunciation

bätıl ıv kîngz mauntın

Pronunciation

/ˈbatəl əv ˈkəɴɢz ˈmountən/ /ˈbætəl əv ˈkɪŋz ˈmaʊntən/