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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Meronyms (parts of "Dominican Republic"):
capital of the Dominican Republic; Ciudad Trujillo; Santo Domingo (the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic)
Santiago; Santiago de los Caballeros (city in the northern Dominican Republic)
Meronyms (members of "Dominican Republic"):
Dominican (a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic)
Holonyms ("Dominican Republic" is a part of...):
Caribbean (region including the Caribbean Islands)
Haiti; Hayti; Hispaniola (an island in the West Indies)
Holonyms ("Dominican Republic" is a member of...):
OAS; Organization of American States (an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)