COEUR D'ALENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Coeur d'Alene mean? 

• COEUR D'ALENE (noun)
  The noun COEUR D'ALENE has 2 senses:

1. a member of an Amerindian people living in northern Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake

2. a town in the northern panhandle of Idaho; popular resort area

  Familiarity information: COEUR D'ALENE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COEUR D'ALENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of an Amerindian people living in northern Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Coeur d'Alene" is a kind of...):

Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A town in the northern panhandle of Idaho; popular resort area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Coeur d'Alene" is a part of...):

Gem State; ID; Id.; Idaho (a state in the Rocky Mountains)