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West Point

Proper noun

Meaning

An unincorporated community in Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.

A city in Davis County, Utah, United States.

A town in Columbia County, Wisconsin, United States.

A village in Hancock County, Illinois, United States.

A census-designated place in the town of Highlands, New York, United States overlooking the Hudson River, occupied by the United States Army and including the United States Military Academy.

(metonymically) USMA (“United States Military Academy”) (U.S. Army service academy), in West Point, NY.

Any of several other places in the United States and elsewhere:
A cape and unincorporated community in the southwest corner of Prince Edward Island, Canada.

A former headland in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.

A township in Monrovia, Liberia.

A town in Cullman County, Alabama, United States.

A town in White County, Arkansas, United States.

A census-designated place in Calaveras County, California, United States, formerly Indian Gulch and Westpoint.

A small city in Troup County and Harris County, Georgia, United States.

An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wayne Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States.

A small city in Lee County, Iowa, United States.

A small home rule city in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States.

A city, the county seat of Clay County, Mississippi, United States.

A city, the county seat of Cuming County, Nebraska, United States.

An unincorporated community in Madison Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, United States.

An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Ohio, United States.

An unincorporated community in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.

An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States.

An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Texas, United States.

A ghost town in Lynn County, Texas, United States.

A town in King William County, Virginia, United States.

A headland in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Give me an army of West Point graduates, I'll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war! George S. Patton

I've led a life of such structured discipline and always had a goal in mind of knowing what I was doing, from West Point to the Air Force combat, MIT, looking for new things to study and get involved in. And then I got into the space program, and how disciplined can you get? Buzz Aldrin

I am less disposed to think of a West Point education as requisite for this business than I was at first. Good sense and energy are the qualities required. Rutherford B. Hayes

I have therefore concluded to apply for the privilege of becoming a Cadet at West Point. George Stoneman

You know how you smoke out a sniper? You send a guy out in the open, and you see if he gets shot. They thought that one up at West Point. Samuel Fuller

There's no doubt West Point impacted who I am... It has an enormous emphasis, not only on military aspects, but character development. Whether it's the honor code, or the interactions you have, both with the cadet leadership and the academy leadership, every place you are is a character test. Mike Pompeo

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