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HARPER'S FERRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there
Synonyms:
Harper's Ferry; Harpers Ferry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Harper's Ferry" is a part of...):
Mountain State; W.V.; West Virginia; WV (a state in east central United States)