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ASTRAKHAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in southwestern Russia on the delta of the Volga River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Astrakhan" is a part of...):

Russia; Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The fur of young lambs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("astrakhan" is a kind of...):

fur; pelt (the dressed hairy coat of a mammal)

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