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HAMELIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hamelin mean?
• HAMELIN (noun)
The noun HAMELIN has 1 sense:
1. a town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper
Familiarity information: HAMELIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Hamelin; Hameln
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Hamelin" is a part of...):
Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)
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