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BELFAST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capital and largest city of Northern Ireland; the center of Protestantism in Northern Ireland
Synonyms:
Belfast; capital of Northern Ireland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Belfast" is a part of...):
Northern Ireland (a division of the United Kingdom located on the northern part of the island of Ireland)