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MAGINOT LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Maginot Line mean? 

MAGINOT LINE (noun)
  The noun MAGINOT LINE has 1 sense:

1. a fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable, it was easily overrun by the German army in 1940play

  Familiarity information: MAGINOT LINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MAGINOT LINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A fortification built before World War II to protect France's eastern border; initially considered to be impregnable, it was easily overrun by the German army in 1940

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

fortification; munition (defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it)

Holonyms ("Maginot Line" is a part of...):

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)


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