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TWIN CITIES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nickname for Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

populated area; urban area (a geographical area constituting a city or town)

Meronyms (members of "Twin Cities"):

Minneapolis (largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities)

capital of Minnesota; Saint Paul; St. Paul (capital of the state of Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river adjacent to Minneapolis; one of the Twin Cities)

Holonyms ("Twin Cities" is a part of...):

Gopher State; Minn.; Minnesota; MN; North Star State (a midwestern state)

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