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DEVON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Red dual-purpose cattle of English origin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Devon" is a kind of...):

Bos taurus; cattle; cows; kine; oxen (domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A county in southwestern England

Synonyms:

Devon; Devonshire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

county ((United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government)

Holonyms ("Devon" is a part of...):

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

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