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    CHAMPLAIN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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 1812play

    Synonyms:

    Champlain; Lake Champlain

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Instance hypernyms:

    lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)

    Holonyms ("Champlain" is a part of...):

    Quebec (the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British)

    Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)

    Green Mountain State; Vermont; VT; Vt. (a state in New England)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635)play

    Synonyms:

    Champlain; Samuel de Champlain

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

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