MINNEAPOLIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Minneapolis mean? 

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

1. largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINNEAPOLIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities

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 ("Minneapolis" is a part of...):

Gopher State; Minn.; Minnesota; MN; North Star State (a midwestern state)

Holonyms ("Minneapolis" is a member of...):

Twin Cities (nickname for Saint Paul and Minneapolis)

 Context examples 

A non-profit organization based in Minneapolis, MN, that facilitates hematopoietic cell transplants for patients by connecting patients, doctors, donors and researchers to the resources they need.

(National Marrow Donor Program, NCI Thesaurus)