MACON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Macon mean? 

• MACON (noun)
  The noun MACON has 2 senses:

1. a city in central Georgia to the southeast of Atlanta

2. fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry

  Familiarity information: MACON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in central Georgia to the southeast of Atlanta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

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

Empire State of the South; GA; Ga.; Georgia; Peach State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

macon; maconnais

Hypernyms ("macon" is a kind of...):

vino; wine (fermented juice (of grapes especially))