HAMELIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper

Synonyms:

Hamelin; Hameln

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

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

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)

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