INDIANAPOLIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Indianapolis mean? 

• INDIANAPOLIS (noun)
  The noun INDIANAPOLIS has 1 sense:

1. the capital and largest city of Indiana; a major commercial center in the country's heartland; site of an annual 500-mile automobile race

  Familiarity information: INDIANAPOLIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIANAPOLIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital and largest city of Indiana; a major commercial center in the country's heartland; site of an annual 500-mile automobile race

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Indiana; Indianapolis

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

Hoosier State; IN; Ind.; Indiana (a state in midwestern United States)

 Context examples 

Lixin Wang of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, senior author of the research, said, When plants use a lot of water, there will be less water for people.

(Previously unknown mechanism causes increased forest water use, National Science Foundation)

We used to think it took years and years to develop high blood pressure, said study author David Haas, M.D., a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, and a practicing OB/GYN doctor.

(First-time pregnancy complications linked to increased risk of hypertension later in life, National Institutes of Health)