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LONG ISLAND SOUND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sound between Long Island and Connecticut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
sound (a large ocean inlet or deep bay)
Holonyms ("Long Island Sound" is a part of...):
Connecticut; Constitution State; CT; Ct.; Nutmeg State (a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies)
Long Island (an island in southeastern New York; Brooklyn and Queens are on its western end)
Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)
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