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CHARLESTOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Charlestown mean?
• CHARLESTOWN (noun)
The noun CHARLESTOWN has 1 sense:
1. a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629
Familiarity information: CHARLESTOWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
locality; neck of the woods; neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity (a surrounding or nearby region)
Meronyms (parts of "Charlestown"):
Breed's Hill (a hill in Charlestown that was the site of the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775)
Holonyms ("Charlestown" is a part of...):
Bean Town; Beantown; Boston; capital of Massachusetts; Hub of the Universe (state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services)
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