COOPER UNION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cooper Union mean? 

• COOPER UNION (noun)
  The noun COOPER UNION has 1 sense:

1. university founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences

  Familiarity information: COOPER UNION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COOPER UNION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

University founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper to offer free courses in the arts and sciences

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Cooper Union; Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Instance hypernyms:

university (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)

Holonyms ("Cooper Union" is a part of...):

Greater New York; New York; New York City (the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center)