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    BEAN TOWN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    State capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial servicesplay

    Synonyms:

    Bean Town; Beantown; Boston; capital of Massachusetts; Hub of the Universe

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)

    Meronyms (parts of "Bean Town"):

    Charlestown Navy Yard (the navy yard in Boston where the frigate 'Constitution' is anchored)

    Boston Harbor (the seaport at Boston)

    Beacon Hill (a fashionable section of Boston; site of the Massachusetts capital building)

    Charlestown (a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629)

    Domain member region:

    battle of Bunker Hill; Bunker Hill (the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces)

    Holonyms ("Bean Town" is a part of...):

    Bay State; MA; Mass.; Massachusetts; Old Colony (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)

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