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MOUNT ASAMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet)
Synonyms:
Asama; Mount Asama
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
volcano (a mountain formed by volcanic material)
Holonyms ("Mount Asama" is a part of...):
Hondo; Honshu (the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland)
Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)