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OWENSBORO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Owensboro mean?
• OWENSBORO (noun)
The noun OWENSBORO has 1 sense:
1. a town in northwestern Kentucky on the Ohio River; a tobacco market
Familiarity information: OWENSBORO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A town in northwestern Kentucky on the Ohio River; a tobacco market
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Owensboro" 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)
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