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BRISBANE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Capital and largest city of Queensland state; located in the southeastern corner of Queensland on the Pacific; settled by British as a penal colony; 3rd largest city in Australia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)
Holonyms ("Brisbane" is a part of...):
Queensland (a state in northeastern Australia)