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ILIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: ilia   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ilium" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Meronyms (parts of "ilium"):

arteria iliaca; iliac artery (one of the large arteries supplying blood to the pelvis and legs)

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

hip; pelvic arch; pelvic girdle; pelvis (the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War

Synonyms:

Ilion; Ilium; Troy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Meronyms (members of "Ilium"):

Dardan; Dardanian; Trojan (a native of ancient Troy)

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

Anatolia; Asia Minor (a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey)

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