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CHIMBORAZO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mountain peak in the Andes in Ecuador (20,560 feet high)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)
Holonyms ("Chimborazo" is a part of...):
Ecuador; Republic of Ecuador (a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes)
Andes (a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast)