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CEBU
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the Visayan islands of the central Philippines; important for its fine harbor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Meronyms (members of "Cebu"):
Cebuan (inhabitant of the island of Cebu; a member of the Visayan people of the Philippines)
Holonyms ("Cebu" is a part of...):
Philippine Islands; Philippines (an archipelago in the southwestern Pacific including some 7000 islands)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An important seaport on the island of Cebu in the Philippines
Synonyms:
Cebu; Cebu City
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Cebu" is a part of...):
Philippines; Republic of the Philippines (a republic on the Philippine Islands; achieved independence from the United States in 1946)
