LATERAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lateran mean? 

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

1. the site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATERAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The site in Rome containing the church of Rome and the Lateran Palace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

land site; site (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located))

Meronyms (parts of "Lateran"):

Lateran Palace (a palace that served as the residence of the popes until the 14th century)

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

capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma; Rome (capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire)