--- WordNet/include/wn.h
+++ WordNet/include/wn.h
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@
 #define VRBIDXFILE	"%s\\sentidx.vrb"
 #define CNTLISTFILE     "%s\\cntlist.rev"
 #else
+#ifndef DICTDIR
 #define DICTDIR         "/dict"
+#endif
 #ifndef DEFAULTPATH
-#define DEFAULTPATH	"/usr/local/WordNet-3.0/dict"
+#define DEFAULTPATH	"/usr/share/wordnet/dict"
 #endif
 #define DATAFILE	"%s/data.%s"
 #define INDEXFILE	"%s/index.%s"