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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of north central United States bordering on Canada
Synonyms:
N.D.; ND; North Dakota; Peace Garden State
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "ND"):
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial National Park (a national park in North Dakota that includes the site of former President Theodore Roosevelt's ranch)
Bismarck; capital of North Dakota (capital of the state of North Dakota; located in south central North Dakota overlooking the Missouri river)
Fargo (largest city in North Dakota; located in eastern North Dakota on the Red river)
James; James River (a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri)
Little Missouri; Little Missouri River (a river that rises in northeastern Wyoming and flows through Montana and South Dakota to join the Missouri River in North Dakota)
Holonyms ("ND" is a part of...):
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Dakota (the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium
Synonyms:
atomic number 60; Nd; neodymium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nd" is a kind of...):
metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)
Holonyms ("Nd" is a substance of...):
bastnaesite; bastnasite (a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements)
monazite (a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium)
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