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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former republic in central Europe; divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "Czechoslovakia"):
Danau; Danube; Danube River (the 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea)
Meronyms (members of "Czechoslovakia"):
Czech; Czechoslovak; Czechoslovakian (a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia)
Holonyms ("Czechoslovakia" is a part of...):
Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)
Derivation:
Czechoslovakian (of or relating to Czechoslovakia or its people or their language)