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PITTSBURGH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh
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)
Meronyms (parts of "Pittsburgh"):
Carnegie Mellon University (an engineering university in Pittsburgh)
University of Pittsburgh (a university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Holonyms ("Pittsburgh" is a part of...):
Keystone State; PA; Pa.; Pennsylvania (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
