CANBERRA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The capital of Australia; located in southeastern Australia

Synonyms:

Australian capital; Canberra; capital of Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Canberra" is a part of...):

Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)

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