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FRANKFORT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center
Synonyms:
Frankfort; Frankfurt; Frankfurt on the Main
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)
Holonyms ("Frankfort" is a part of...):
Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The capital of Kentucky; located in northern Kentucky
Synonyms:
capital of Kentucky; Frankfort
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)
Holonyms ("Frankfort" is a part of...):
Bluegrass State; Ken.; Kentucky; KY (a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses)