1.city and port in the southeastern corner of Iowa, southwest of Davenport, on the western bank of the Mississippi River.
2.city on the banks of the Haw River near Lake Townsend in north central North Carolina. It is the site of the battle of Alamance (1771), which saw an army of rebel farmers, known as Regulators, defeated by the royalist governor's militia.
3.city in northwestern Vermont, on Lake Champlain. It is home to the University of Vermont.