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BLACK HILLS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mountains in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
mount; mountain (a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill)
Holonyms ("Black Hills" is a part of...):
Coyote State; Mount Rushmore State; S.D.; SD; South Dakota (a state in north central United States)
Equality State; WY; Wyo.; Wyoming (a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Mountains in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming; sacred to the Sioux (whites settling in the Black Hills led to the Battle of Little Bighorn); site of Mount Rushmore
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)
Meronyms (parts of "Black Hills"):
Mount Rushmore; Mt. Rushmore; Rushmore (a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota; the likenesses of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved on it)
Holonyms ("Black Hills" is a part of...):
Coyote State; Mount Rushmore State; S.D.; SD; South Dakota (a state in north central United States)
Equality State; WY; Wyo.; Wyoming (a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east)
