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NANTUCKET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nantucket mean?
• NANTUCKET (noun)
The noun NANTUCKET has 1 sense:
1. an island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry
Familiarity information: NANTUCKET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the whaling industry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
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