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UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
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• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN (noun)
The noun UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN has 1 sense:
1. a university in Madison, Wisconsin
Familiarity information: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A university in Madison, Wisconsin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
university (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)
Holonyms ("University of Wisconsin" is a part of...):
capital of Wisconsin; Madison (capital of the state of Wisconsin; located in the southern part of state; site of the main branch of the University of Wisconsin)
Context examples
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