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MELBOURNE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital of Victoria state and 2nd largest Australian city; a financial and commercial center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)
Holonyms ("Melbourne" is a part of...):
Victoria (a state in southeastern Australia)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A resort town in east central Florida
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Melbourne" is a part of...):
Everglade State; FL; Fla.; Florida; Sunshine State (a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. In Spanish, Florida means Flowery)