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DJIBOUTI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997
Synonyms:
Afars and Issas; Djibouti; Republic of Djibouti
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Djibouti"):
capital of Djibouti; Djibouti (port city on the Gulf of Aden; the capital and largest city of Djibouti)
Meronyms (members of "Djibouti"):
Djiboutian (a native or inhabitant of Djibouti)
Holonyms ("Djibouti" is a part of...):
Horn of Africa; Somali peninsula (a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia)
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)
Holonyms ("Djibouti" is a member of...):
Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)
Derivation:
Djiboutian (of or relating to Djibouti or its people or culture)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Port city on the Gulf of Aden; the capital and largest city of Djibouti
Synonyms:
capital of Djibouti; Djibouti
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Djibouti" is a part of...):
Afars and Issas; Djibouti; Republic of Djibouti (a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997)
