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BAHREIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island country in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Saudi Arabia; oil revenues funded progressive programs until reserves were exhausted in 1970s
Synonyms:
Bahrain; Bahrein; State of Bahrain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Bahrein"):
capital of Bahrain; Manama (the capital of Bahrain; located at the northern end of Bahrain Island)
Meronyms (members of "Bahrein"):
Bahraini; Bahreini (a native or inhabitant of Bahrain)
Holonyms ("Bahrein" is a part of...):
Gulf States (the countries in southwestern Asia that border the Persian Gulf)
Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)
Holonyms ("Bahrein" is a member of...):
Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An island in the Persian Gulf
Synonyms:
Bahrain; Bahrain Island; Bahrein; Bahrein Island
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Holonyms ("Bahrein" is a part of...):
Arabian Gulf; Persian Gulf (a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula; the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world)
