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KAZAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An industrial city in the European part of Russia
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)
Holonyms ("Kazan" is a part of...):
Russia; Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003)
Synonyms:
Elia Kazan; Elia Kazanjoglous; Kazan
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
director; theater director; theatre director (someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show)
