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APENNINES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mountain range extending the length of the Italian peninsula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)
Domain member region:
Caudine Forks (a battle in the Apennines in 321 BC in which the Samnites defeated the Romans)
Holonyms ("Apennines" 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)
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