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MADRAS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A light patterned cotton cloth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("madras" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras
Synonyms:
Chennai; Madras
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Madras" is a part of...):
Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras
Synonyms:
Madras; Tamil Nadu
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)
Holonyms ("Madras" is a part of...):
Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
