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BASEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Basel mean?
• BASEL (noun)
The noun BASEL has 1 sense:
1. a city in northwestern Switzerland
Familiarity information: BASEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in northwestern Switzerland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Basel" is a part of...):
Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera; Swiss Confederation; Switzerland (a landlocked federal republic in central Europe)
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