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COLUMBUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in western Georgia on the Chattahoochee River; 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)
point of entry; port of entry (a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A town in eastern Mississippi near the border with Alabama
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Columbus" is a part of...):
Magnolia State; Miss.; Mississippi; MS (a state in the Deep South on the gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate States during the American Civil War)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The state capital of Ohio; located in the center of the state; site of Ohio State University
Synonyms:
capital of Ohio; Columbus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)
Meronyms (parts of "Columbus"):
Ohio State University (a university in Columbus, Ohio)
Holonyms ("Columbus" is a part of...):
Buckeye State; OH; Ohio (a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)
Synonyms:
Christopher Columbus; Columbus; Cristobal Colon; Cristoforo Colombo
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
navigator (in earlier times, a person who explored by ship)
Derivation:
Columbian (of or relating to Christopher Columbus)
