atlanta

Noun atlanta has 2 senses

• atlanta(n = noun.location) capital of georgia - state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War;
has parts: cdc, center for disease control and prevention
is a kind of state capital
is a part of empire state of the south, ga, georgia, peach state

• atlanta(n = noun.act) battle of atlanta - a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864;
is a kind of beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege
is a part of american civil war, united states civil war, war between the states