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HOBART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hobart mean? 

HOBART (noun)
  The noun HOBART has 1 sense:

1. a port and state capital of Tasmaniaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HOBART (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A port and state capital of Tasmania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)

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

Tasmania (an Australian state on the island of Tasmania)


 Context examples 


After a nine-week voyage to study the lost, submerged continent of Zealandia in the South Pacific, a team of 32 scientists from 12 countries has arrived in Hobart, Tasmania, aboard the research vessel JOIDES Resolution.

(Scientists return from expedition to lost continent of Zealandia, National Science Foundation)



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