DEVON
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)
Meaning:
A county in southwestern England
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Devon; Devonshire
Instance hypernyms:
county (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)
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)
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