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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Island nation in the South Atlantic off the west coast of Africa; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975; has enormous offshore oil reserves
Synonyms:
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe; Sao Thome e Principe; Sao Tome and Principe; Sao Tome e Principe; St. Thomas and Principe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Meronyms (parts of "Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe"):
Sao Tome (capital of Sao Tome and Principe)
Principe (an island in the Gulf of Guinea that is part of Sao Tome and Principe)
Holonyms ("Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe" is a part of...):
Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)
