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NORMANDY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie
Synonyms:
Normandie; Normandy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "Normandy"):
Basse-Normandie; Lower-Normandy; Haute-Normandie; Upper-Normandy (a division of Normandy)
Meronyms (members of "Normandy"):
Norman (an inhabitant of Normandy)
Holonyms ("Normandy" is a part of...):
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)