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PENNINE CHAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pennine Chain mean?
• PENNINE CHAIN (noun)
The noun PENNINE CHAIN has 1 sense:
1. a system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers
Familiarity information: PENNINE CHAIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Pennine Chain; Pennines
Instance hypernyms:
hill (a local and well-defined elevation of the land)
Holonyms ("Pennine Chain" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
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