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English noun: Hastings

1. Hastings (person) United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929)


SynonymsThomas Hastings


Instance hypernymarchitect, designer

2. Hastings (location) a town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place


Instance hypernymtown


Part meronymEast Sussex

3. Hastings (act) the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest


Synonymsbattle of Hastings


Instance hypernympitched battle


Part meronymNorman Conquest


Domain regionEngland









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