Mount Vernon
Mount Ver·non 1
M0450550 (vûr′nən)Mount Ver·non 2
M0450550 (vûr′nən)Mount` Ver′non
n.
| Noun | 1. |  Mount Vernon - the former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river |
| 单词 | mount vernon | |||
| 释义 | Mount VernonMount Ver·non 1M0450550 (vûr′nən)Mount Ver·non 2M0450550 (vûr′nən)Mount` Ver′nonn.
Mount VernonMount Vernon.1 City (1990 pop. 16,988), seat of Jefferson co., SE Ill.; settled 1819, inc. 1872. It is a trade, rail, and industrial center in a farm and coal region. Tools, tires, transformers, coal-mining equipment, and neon signs are manufactured, and there is diversified agriculture. Nearby is a state game farm.2 City (1990 pop. 67,153), Westchester co., SE N.Y., between the Bronx and Hutchinson rivers and adjacent to the Bronx; settled 1664, inc. 1892. Although primarily a residential suburb of New York City, it has manufactures that include pharmaceuticals and electronic components. Mount Vernon is also notable for being a city with an African-American majority in a predominantly white county. John Peter ZengerZenger, John Peter 3 City (1990 pop. 14,550), seat of Knox co., central Ohio, on the Kokosing River; laid out 1805, inc. as a city 1880. It has livestock and dairy farms and manufactures diesel engines, steel, turbines, and glass. Mount Vernon,NE Va., overlooking the Potomac River near Alexandria, S of Washington, D.C.; home of George Washington from 1747 until his death in 1799. The land was patented in 1674, and the house was built in 1743 by Lawrence Washington, George Washington's half-brother. Mount Vernon was named for Admiral Edward Vernon, Lawrence's commander in the British navy. George Washington inherited it in 1754 and made additions that were not completed until after the Revolution. The mansion is a wooden structure of Georgian design, two and one-half stories high, with a broad, columned portico; wide lawns, fine gardens, and subsidiary buildings surround it. The mansion has been restored, after Washington's detailed notes, with much of the original furniture, family relics, and duplicate pieces of the period. The estate was purchased in 1860 by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association (organized 1856), its permanent custodian. In the tomb (built 1831–37) are the sarcophagi of George and Martha Washington and the bodies of other members of the family.BibliographySee E. Thane, Mount Vernon Is Ours (1966) and Mount Vernon: The Legacy (1967); J. Manca, George Washington's Eye: Landscape, Architecture, and Design at Mount Vernon (2012). Mount Vernona city in the northeastern USA, in the state of New York on the Bronx River; a northern residential suburb of New York City. Population, 73,000 (1970). There were 10,000 people employed there in industry in 1970. Mount Vernon has garment, chemical, and food industries and manufacturers of electrical appliances and office machines. There are oil storage tanks in Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon
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