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BURLINGTON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Burlington mean? 

BURLINGTON (noun)
  The noun BURLINGTON has 1 sense:

1. the largest city in Vermont; located in northwestern Vermont on Lake Champlain; site of the University of Vermontplay

  Familiarity information: BURLINGTON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BURLINGTON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest city in Vermont; located in northwestern Vermont on Lake Champlain; site of the University of Vermont

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)

Meronyms (parts of "Burlington"):

University of Vermont (a university in Burlington, Vermont)

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

Green Mountain State; Vermont; VT; Vt. (a state in New England)


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