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LAFAYETTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A university town in west central Indiana on the Wabash River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Lafayette" is a part of...):
Hoosier State; IN; Ind.; Indiana (a state in midwestern United States)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A town in south central Louisiana; settled by Acadians
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Lafayette" is a part of...):
LA; La.; Louisiana; Pelican State (a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
Sense 3
Meaning:
French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)
Synonyms:
La Fayette; Lafayette; Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier; Marquis de Lafayette
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
soldier (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army)
