LUXEMBOURG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Luxembourg mean? 

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

1. the capital and largest city of Luxembourg
2. a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center

  Familiarity information: LUXEMBOURG used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUXEMBOURG (noun)

Meaning:

The capital and largest city of Luxembourg

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Luxembourg; Luxembourg; Luxembourg City; Luxembourg-Ville; Luxemburg

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

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

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Luxembourg; Luxemburg (a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center)

Meaning:

A grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Luxembourg; Luxemburg

Instance hypernyms:

European country; European nation (countries occupying the European continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Luxembourg"):

capital of Luxembourg; Luxembourg; Luxembourg City; Luxembourg-Ville; Luxemburg (the capital and largest city of Luxembourg)

Meronyms (members of "Luxembourg"):

Luxembourger; Luxemburger (a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg)

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

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)

Holonyms ("Luxembourg" is a member of...):

Common Market; EC; EEC; EU; Europe; European Community; European Economic Community; European Union (an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members)

NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security)

Benelux (a customs union comprising Belgium and Netherlands and Luxembourg)