FRANKFORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Frankfort mean? 

• FRANKFORT (noun)
  The noun FRANKFORT has 2 senses:

1. the capital of Kentucky; located in northern Kentucky

2. a German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center

  Familiarity information: FRANKFORT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRANKFORT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital of Kentucky; located in northern Kentucky

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Kentucky; Frankfort

Instance hypernyms:

state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)

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

Bluegrass State; Ken.; Kentucky; KY (a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A German city; an industrial and commercial and financial center

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Frankfort; Frankfurt; Frankfurt on the Main

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)

 Context examples 

Its capital is Frankfort.

(Kentucky, NCI Thesaurus)