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EL PASO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does El Paso mean? 

EL PASO (noun)
  The noun EL PASO has 1 sense:

1. a city in western Texas on the Mexican border; located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande across from the Mexican city of Juarezplay

  Familiarity information: EL PASO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EL PASO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in western Texas on the Mexican border; located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande across from the Mexican city of Juarez

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 ("El Paso" is a part of...):

Lone-Star State; Tex.; Texas; TX (the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico)


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