MURMANSK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Murmansk mean? 

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

1. a port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city to the north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MURMANSK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A port city in northwestern Russia on the Kola Peninsula; the largest city to the north of the Arctic Circle; an important supply line to Russia in World War I and World War II

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)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

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

Russia; Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)