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ECUADOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
South American country; South American nation (any one of the countries occupying the South American continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Ecuador"):
Guayaquil (the largest city of Ecuador)
capital of Ecuador; Quito (the capital of Ecuador)
Galapagos; Galapagos Islands (a group of islands in the Pacific off South America; owned by Ecuador; known for unusual animal life)
Cotacachi (an Andean volcano in northern Ecuador; last erupted in 1955)
Cotopaxi (the world's largest active volcano; located in the Andes in north central Ecuador)
Sangay (an inactive volcano in the Andes in central Ecuador; last erupted in 1946)
Andes (a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast)
Chimborazo (a mountain peak in the Andes in Ecuador (20,560 feet high))
Meronyms (members of "Ecuador"):
Ecuadoran; Ecuadorian (a native or inhabitant of Ecuador)
Domain member region:
Puka Inti; Red Sun; Sol Rojo (a small but violent terrorist organization formed in Ecuador in the early 1990s; responsible for bombing several government buildings)
Holonyms ("Ecuador" is a part of...):
South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)
Holonyms ("Ecuador" 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)
OPEC; Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum)
Derivation:
Ecuadorian (of or relating to or characteristic of Ecuador or its people)
