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LASCAUX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lascaux mean?
• LASCAUX (noun)
The noun LASCAUX has 1 sense:
1. a cave in southwestern France that contains Paleolithic paintings
Familiarity information: LASCAUX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cave in southwestern France that contains Paleolithic paintings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
cave (a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea)
Holonyms ("Lascaux" is a part of...):
France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)
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