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OCEAN STATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state
Synonyms:
Little Rhody; Ocean State; R.I.; Rhode Island; RI
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Ocean State"):
Brown; Brown University (a university in Rhode Island)
capital of Rhode Island; Providence (the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University)
Newport (a resort city in southeastern Rhode Island; known for the summer homes of millionaires; important yachting center)
Narragansett Bay (a deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Rhode Island)
Domain member region:
Shawnee cake (form of johnnycake)
Holonyms ("Ocean State" 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)
New England (a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut)
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