GOLDEN GATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A strait in western California that connects the San Francisco Bay with the Pacific Ocean; discovered in 1579 by Sir Francis Drake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

sound; strait (a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water)

Holonyms ("Golden Gate" is a part of...):

CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)

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