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    LISBON

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Capital and largest city and economic and cultural center of Portugal; a major port in western Portugal on Tagus River where it broadens and empties into the Atlanticplay

    Synonyms:

    capital of Portugal; Lisboa; Lisbon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

    national capital (the capital city of a nation)

    Meronyms (parts of "Lisbon"):

    Ponte 25 de Abril (a suspension bridge across the Tagus River at Lisbon)

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

    Portugal; Portuguese Republic (a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil))

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