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BASILICATA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian 'boot')
Synonyms:
Basilicata; Lucania
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Italian region (Italy is divided into 20 regions for administrative purposes)
Domain region:
Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)
Holonyms ("Basilicata" is a part of...):
Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)