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MESABI RANGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mesabi Range mean?
• MESABI RANGE (noun)
The noun MESABI RANGE has 1 sense:
1. a range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887
Familiarity information: MESABI RANGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)
Holonyms ("Mesabi Range" is a part of...):
Gopher State; Minn.; Minnesota; MN; North Star State (a midwestern state)
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