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MOUNT PARNASSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mount Parnassus mean? 

MOUNT PARNASSUS (noun)
  The noun MOUNT PARNASSUS has 1 sense:

1. (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetryplay

  Familiarity information: MOUNT PARNASSUS used as a noun is very rare.


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MOUNT PARNASSUS (noun)


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Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Liakoura; Mount Parnassus; Parnassus

Context example:

Liakoura is the modern name of Mount Parnassus

Instance hypernyms:

mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)

Domain category:

Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)

Holonyms ("Mount Parnassus" is a part of...):

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)


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