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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 Vermont
Familiarity information: BURLINGTON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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