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TYROL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A picturesque mountainous province of western Austria and northern Italy
Synonyms:
Tirol; Tyrol
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)
Holonyms ("Tyrol" is a part of...):
Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)
Austria; Oesterreich; Republic of Austria (a mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century)
Derivation:
Tyrolean (of or relating to or characteristic of the Tyrol or its people)
