BANGOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bangor mean? 

• BANGOR (noun)
  The noun BANGOR has 3 senses:

1. a town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River

2. a university town in northwestern Wales on the Menai Strait

3. a town in southeastern Northern Ireland

  Familiarity information: BANGOR used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BANGOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

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

Maine; ME; Me.; Pine Tree State (a state in New England)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A university town in northwestern Wales on the Menai Strait

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

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

Cambria; Cymru; Wales (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A town in southeastern Northern Ireland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

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

Northern Ireland (a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland)

 Context examples 

Address: Carlton House Terrace; Holdernesse Hall, Hallamshire; Carston Castle, Bangor, Wales.

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