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LOTHIAN REGION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A district in southeast central Scotland (south side of the Firth of Forth) and the location of Edinburgh
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)
Meronyms (parts of "Lothian Region"):
Edinburgh (the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth)
Holonyms ("Lothian Region" is a part of...):
Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)