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SAN ANTONIO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city of south central Texas; site of the Alamo; site of several military bases and a popular haven for vacationers
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)
Domain member region:
Alamo (a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico)
Holonyms ("San Antonio" is a part of...):
Lone-Star State; Tex.; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)