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GREAT LAKES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
Meronyms (parts of "Great Lakes"):
Erie; Lake Erie (the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal)
Huron; Lake Huron (the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes)
Lake Michigan; Michigan (the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders)
Lake Ontario; Ontario (the smallest of the Great Lakes)
Lake Superior; Superior (the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the Great Lakes)
Holonyms ("Great Lakes" is a part of...):
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
