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MILE-HIGH CITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mile-High City mean?
• MILE-HIGH CITY (noun)
The noun MILE-HIGH CITY has 1 sense:
1. the state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte river
Familiarity information: MILE-HIGH CITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state capital and largest city of Colorado; located in central Colorado on the South Platte river
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
capital of Colorado; Denver; Mile-High City
Instance hypernyms:
state capital (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)
Holonyms ("Mile-High City" is a part of...):
Centennial State; CO; Colo.; Colorado (a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains)
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