CORDOBA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cordoba mean? 

• CORDOBA (noun)
  The noun CORDOBA has 4 senses:

1. the basic unit of money in Nicaragua; equal to 100 centavos

2. Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526)

3. a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture

4. a city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in 1613

  Familiarity information: CORDOBA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORDOBA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Nicaragua; equal to 100 centavos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("cordoba" is a kind of...):

Nicaraguan monetary unit (monetary unit in Nicaragua)

Meronyms (parts of "cordoba"):

centavo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cordoba; Cordova; Francisco Fernandez Cordoba; Francisco Fernandez de Cordova

Instance hypernyms:

adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

Sense 3

Meaning:

A city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Cordoba; Cordova

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("Cordoba" is a part of...):

Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in 1613

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Cordoba; Cordova

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("Cordoba" is a part of...):

Argentina; Argentine Republic (a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America)