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NEW BRUNSWICK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A province in southeastern Canada
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Canadian province (Canada is divided into 12 provinces for administrative purposes)
Meronyms (parts of "New Brunswick"):
Fredericton (the provincial capital of New Brunswick)
Saint John; St. John (a port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick)
Saint John; Saint John River; St. John; St. John River (a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy)
Holonyms ("New Brunswick" is a part of...):
Canadian Maritime Provinces; Maritime Provinces; Maritimes (the collective name for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A university town in central New Jersey
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("New Brunswick" is a part of...):
Garden State; Jersey; N.J.; New Jersey; NJ (a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies)