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WINDY CITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
Synonyms:
Chicago; Windy City
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)
Meronyms (parts of "Windy City"):
Sears Tower (a skyscraper built in Chicago in 1974; 1454 feet tall)
University of Chicago (a university in Chicago, Illinois)
Holonyms ("Windy City" is a part of...):
IL; Ill.; Illinois; Land of Lincoln; Prairie State (a midwestern state in north-central United States)
