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WEST POINT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does West Point mean?
• WEST POINT (noun)
The noun WEST POINT has 1 sense:
1. United States Army installation on the west bank of Hudson river to the north of New York City; site of United States Military Academy
Familiarity information: WEST POINT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States Army installation on the west bank of Hudson river to the north of New York City; site of United States Military Academy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
military installation (any facility servicing military forces)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Holonyms ("West Point" is a part of...):
Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
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