HAMPTON ROADS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hampton Roads mean? 

• HAMPTON ROADS (noun)
  The noun HAMPTON ROADS has 2 senses:

1. a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay

2. a naval battle of the American Civil War (1862); the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac

  Familiarity information: HAMPTON ROADS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAMPTON ROADS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

channel (a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels)

Domain member region:

Hampton Roads (a naval battle of the American Civil War (1862); the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac)

Holonyms ("Hampton Roads" is a part of...):

Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Va.; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A naval battle of the American Civil War (1862); the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

naval battle (a pitched battle between naval fleets)

Domain region:

Hampton Roads (a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay)

Holonyms ("Hampton Roads" is a part of...):

American Civil War; United States Civil War; War between the States (civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865)