LITTLE BIGHORN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Little Bighorn mean? 

• LITTLE BIGHORN (noun)
  The noun LITTLE BIGHORN has 2 senses:

1. a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand

2. a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command

  Familiarity information: LITTLE BIGHORN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITTLE BIGHORN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Little Bighorn; Little Bighorn River; Little Horn

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("Little Bighorn" is a part of...):

Mont.; Montana; MT; Treasure State (a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border)

Equality State; WY; Wyo.; Wyoming (a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Battle of Little Bighorn; Battle of the Little Bighorn; Custer's Last Stand; Little Bighorn

Instance hypernyms:

butchery; carnage; mass murder; massacre; slaughter (the savage and excessive killing of many people)

Domain region:

Mont.; Montana; MT; Treasure State (a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border)