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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A landlocked country in central Africa; formerly under French control; became independent in 1960
Synonyms:
Central Africa; Central African Republic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Central African Republic"):
Bangui; capital of Central Africa (the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic)
Holonyms ("Central African Republic" is a part of...):
Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)