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AZORES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal
Example:
the Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and shipping routes
Synonyms:
Acores; Azores
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Holonyms ("Azores" is a part of...):
Portugal; Portuguese Republic (a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil))
