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HAMPTON ROADS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A naval battle of the American Civil War (1862); the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
naval battle (a pitched battle between naval fleets)
Domain region:
Hampton Roads (a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay)
Holonyms ("Hampton Roads" is a part of...):
American Civil War; United States Civil War; War between the States (civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
channel (a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels)
Domain member region:
Hampton Roads (a naval battle of the American Civil War (1862); the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac)
Holonyms ("Hampton Roads" is a part of...):
Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)
