MYSORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mysore mean? 

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

1. a city in southern India to the southwest of Bangalore

2. state in southern India; formerly Mysore

  Familiarity information: MYSORE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYSORE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in southern India to the southwest of Bangalore

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

Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)

Sense 2

Meaning:

State in southern India; formerly Mysore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Karnataka; Mysore

Instance hypernyms:

province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)

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

Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)

 Context examples 

K. Kemparaju, a professor at the biochemistry department of the University of Mysore, Karnataka, says the researchers have, through the study, made a highly valid effort to scientifically convince and sensitise antivenom producers and policymakers to switch to the making of region-specific antivenom.

(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)