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GLASGOW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Largest city in Scotland; a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world
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)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Meronyms (members of "Glasgow"):
Glaswegian (an inhabitant of Glasgow)
Holonyms ("Glasgow" is a part of...):
Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)
Derivation:
Glaswegian (of or relating to or characteristic of Glasgow or its inhabitants)
