BROWNSVILLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brownsville mean? 

• BROWNSVILLE (noun)
  The noun BROWNSVILLE has 1 sense:

1. a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande near its mouth into the Gulf of Mexico; has a channel that accommodates oceangoing ships

  Familiarity information: BROWNSVILLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROWNSVILLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande near its mouth into the Gulf of Mexico; has a channel that accommodates oceangoing ships

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

point of entry; port of entry (a port in the United States where customs officials are stationed to oversee the entry and exit of people and merchandise)

Holonyms ("Brownsville" is a part of...):

Lone-Star State; Tex.; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)