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MANITOBA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the three prairie provinces in central Canada
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Canadian province (Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes)
Meronyms (parts of "Manitoba"):
Winnipeg (the capital and largest city of Manitoba; located in southern Manitoba; known for severe winters)
Churchill (a Canadian town in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay; important port for shipping grain)
Lake Winnipeg; Winnipeg (a lake in southern Canada in Manitoba)
Holonyms ("Manitoba" is a part of...):
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)