BAY OF BISCAY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An arm of the Atlantic Ocean in western Europe; bordered by the west coast of France and the north coast of Spain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

bay; embayment (an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf)

Holonyms ("Bay of Biscay" is a part of...):

Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)

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