CIMARRON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cimarron mean? 

• CIMARRON (noun)
  The noun CIMARRON has 2 senses:

1. a river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River

2. wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns

  Familiarity information: CIMARRON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIMARRON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Cimarron; Cimarron River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

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

Land of Enchantment; N.M.; New Mexico; NM (a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border)

OK; Okla.; Oklahoma; Sooner State (a state in south central United States)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wild sheep of mountainous regions of western North America having massive curled horns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bighorn; bighorn sheep; cimarron; Ovis canadensis; Rocky Mountain bighorn; Rocky Mountain sheep

Hypernyms ("cimarron" is a kind of...):

mountain sheep (any wild sheep inhabiting mountainous regions)

Holonyms ("cimarron" is a member of...):

genus Ovis; Ovis (sheep)