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SAVANNAH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
Synonyms:
savanna; savannah
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("savannah" is a kind of...):
grassland (land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah river
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)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("Savannah" is a part of...):
Empire State of the South; GA; Ga.; Georgia; Peach State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic
Synonyms:
Savannah; Savannah River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Savannah" is a part of...):
Palmetto State; S.C.; SC; South Carolina (a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies)
