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KINGSTON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capital and largest city of Jamaica
Synonyms:
capital of Jamaica; Jamaican capital; Kingston
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Kingston" is a part of...):
Jamaica (a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A town in southeast Ontario on Lake Ontario near the head of the Saint Lawrence River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Kingston" is a part of...):
Ontario (a prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A town on the Hudson River in New York
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Kingston" is a part of...):
Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
