LONG ISLAND SOUND

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A sound between Long Island and Connecticut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

sound (a large ocean inlet or deep bay)

Holonyms ("Long Island Sound" is a part of...):

Connecticut; Constitution State; CT; Ct.; Nutmeg State (a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies)

Long Island (an island in southeastern New York; Brooklyn and Queens are on its western end)

Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)

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