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EUGENE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in western Oregon on the Willamette River; site of a university

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)

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

Beaver State; OR; Ore.; Oregon (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Austrian general in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the War of the Spanish Succession (1663-1736)

Synonyms:

Eugene; Prince Eugene of Savoy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)

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