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VERRAZANO NARROWS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Verrazano Narrows mean? 

VERRAZANO NARROWS (noun)
  The noun VERRAZANO NARROWS has 1 sense:

1. a narrow channel of water separating Staten Island and Brooklynplay

  Familiarity information: VERRAZANO NARROWS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VERRAZANO NARROWS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A narrow channel of water separating Staten Island and Brooklyn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

narrow (a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water)

Holonyms ("Verrazano Narrows" is a part of...):

Greater New York; New York; New York City (the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center)


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