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HANNIBAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A town in northeast Missouri on the Mississippi River; boyhood home of Mark Twain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Hannibal" is a part of...):
Missouri; MO; Mo.; Show Me State (a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union)
Sense 2
Meaning:
General who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War; crossed the Alps and defeated the Romans but was recalled to defend Carthage and was defeated (247-182 BC)
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
Carthaginian (a native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage)
full general; general (a general officer of the highest rank)
