NANTES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nantes mean? 

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

1. a port city in western France on the Loire estuary

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NANTES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A port city in western France on the Loire estuary

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)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

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

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

 Context examples 

Gaël Choblet from the University of Nantes in France and co-authors found that a loose, rocky core with 20 to 30 percent empty space would do the trick.

(Powering Saturn's Active Ocean Moon, NASA)