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BIOKO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Equatorial Guinea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Meronyms (parts of "Bioko"):
Malabo (the capital and largest city of Equatorial Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea)
Holonyms ("Bioko" is a part of...):
Equatorial Guinea; Republic of Equatorial Guinea; Spanish Guinea (a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968)
Gulf of Guinea (a gulf off the southwest coast of Africa)