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English Thesaurus

1. a town in northern Alabama on the Tennessee River (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	town,
definition	:	an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city (noun.location)

part meronym	:	al, alabama, camellia state, heart of dixie,
definition	:	a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War (noun.location)

2. a city in central Illinois; Abraham Lincoln practiced law here (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	city, metropolis, urban center,
definition	:	a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (noun.location)

part meronym	:	il, illinois, land of lincoln, prairie state,
definition	:	a midwestern state in north-central United States (noun.location)

3. United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	naval officer,
definition	:	an officer in the navy (noun.person)