DEVON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Devon mean? 

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

1. a county in southwestern England

2. red dual-purpose cattle of English origin

  Familiarity information: DEVON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEVON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A county in southwestern England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Devon; Devonshire

Instance hypernyms:

county ((United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government)

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

England (a division of the United Kingdom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Red dual-purpose cattle of English origin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Devon" is a kind of...):

Bos taurus; cattle; cows; kine; oxen (domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age)

 Context examples 

Drinking concentrated blueberry juice improves brain function in older people, according to research by the University of Exeter in in Devon, England.

(Blueberry Concentrate Improves Brain Function in Older People, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)