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HUB OF THE UNIVERSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
State capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
Synonyms:
Bean Town; Beantown; Boston; capital of Massachusetts; Hub of the Universe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)
Meronyms (parts of "Hub of the Universe"):
Charlestown Navy Yard (the navy yard in Boston where the frigate 'Constitution' is anchored)
Boston Harbor (the seaport at Boston)
Beacon Hill (a fashionable section of Boston; site of the Massachusetts capital building)
Charlestown (a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629)
Domain member region:
battle of Bunker Hill; Bunker Hill (the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces)
Holonyms ("Hub of the Universe" is a part of...):
Bay State; MA; Mass.; Massachusetts; Old Colony (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies)
