TYROL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tyrol mean? 

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

1. a picturesque mountainous province of western Austria and northern Italy

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TYROL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A picturesque mountainous province of western Austria and northern Italy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Tirol; Tyrol

Instance hypernyms:

province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)

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

Italia; Italian Republic; Italy (a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD)

Austria; Oesterreich; Republic of Austria (a mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century)

Derivation:

Tyrolean (of or relating to or characteristic of the Tyrol or its people)