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PENNINES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers
Synonyms:
Pennine Chain; Pennines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
hill (a local and well-defined elevation of the land)
Holonyms ("Pennines" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)