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LYONNAIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former province of east central France; now administered by Rhone-Alpes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "Lyonnais"):
Lyon; Lyons (a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon)
Holonyms ("Lyonnais" is a part of...):
Rhone-Alpes (a mountainous region of eastern France drained by the Rhone and Saone and Isere rivers)