CITY OF BRIDGES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does City of Bridges mean? 

• CITY OF BRIDGES (noun)
  The noun CITY OF BRIDGES has 1 sense:

1. a city in northwestern Belgium that is connected by canal to the North Sea; in the 13th century it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League; the old city (known as the City of Bridges) is a popular tourist attraction

  Familiarity information: CITY OF BRIDGES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CITY OF BRIDGES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in northwestern Belgium that is connected by canal to the North Sea; in the 13th century it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League; the old city (known as the City of Bridges) is a popular tourist attraction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Bruges; City of Bridges

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("City of Bridges" is a part of...):

Belgique; Belgium; Kingdom of Belgium (a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Holonyms ("City of Bridges" is a member of...):

Hanseatic League (a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669)