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ARDENNES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France; the site of intense fighting in World War I and World War II
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
plateau; tableland (a relatively flat highland)
Domain member region:
Ardennes counteroffensive; Battle of the Ardennes Bulge; Battle of the Bulge (a battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise)
Holonyms ("Ardennes" is a part of...):
Champagne; Champagne-Ardenne (a region of northeastern France)
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