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VERMONT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state in New England
Synonyms:
Green Mountain State; Vermont; VT; Vt.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Vermont"):
capital of Vermont; Montpelier (capital of the state of Vermont; located in north central Vermont)
Bennington (a town in southwestern Vermont)
Brattleboro (a town in southeastern Vermont on the Connecticut River)
Burlington (the largest city in Vermont; located in northwestern Vermont on Lake Champlain; site of the University of Vermont)
Rutland (a town in central Vermont)
Green Mountains (a range of the Appalachian Mountains that extends from south to north through Vermont)
Champlain; Lake Champlain (a lake in northeastern New York, northwestern Vermont and southern Quebec; site of many battles in the French and Indian War and in the American Revolution and in the War of 1812)
Taconic Mountains (a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont)
Holonyms ("Vermont" is a part of...):
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
New England (a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut)
