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BRENNER PASS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An Alpine mountain pass connecting Innsbruck in Austria with Bolzano in Italy that has long been a route for trade and for invasions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
mountain pass; notch; pass (the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks)
Holonyms ("Brenner Pass" 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)
Austria; Oesterreich; Republic of Austria (a mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century)
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