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ALAND ISLANDS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control
Synonyms:
Aaland islands; Ahvenanmaa; Aland islands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Holonyms ("Aland islands" is a part of...):
Finland; Republic of Finland; Suomi (republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917)
Gulf of Bothnia (a northern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Sweden and Finland)
