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BALTIMORE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center
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)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Meronyms (parts of "Baltimore"):
Johns Hopkins (a university in Baltimore)
Pimlico (a racetrack for thoroughbred racing; site of the Preakness)
Holonyms ("Baltimore" is a part of...):
Free State; Maryland; MD; Md.; Old Line State (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)