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GRENOBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Grenoble mean?
• GRENOBLE (noun)
The noun GRENOBLE has 1 sense:
1. a city in southeastern France on the Isere River
Familiarity information: GRENOBLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in southeastern France on the Isere River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Grenoble" is a part of...):
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
Context examples
The credit of the execution is due to Monsieur Oscar Meunier, of Grenoble, who spent some days in doing the moulding.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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