HARPER'S FERRY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A small town in northeastern West Virginia that was the site of a raid in 1859 by the abolitionist John Brown and his followers who captured an arsenal that was located there

Synonyms:

Harper's Ferry; Harpers Ferry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("Harper's Ferry" is a part of...):

Mountain State; W.V.; West Virginia; WV (a state in east central United States)

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