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ESTHONIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea
Synonyms:
Esthonia; Estonia; Republic of Estonia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Baltic Republic; Baltic State (European countries bordering the Baltic Sea)
Meronyms (parts of "Esthonia"):
capital of Estonia; Tallin; Tallinn (a port city on the Gulf of Finland that is the capital and largest city of Estonia)
Tartu (a city of southeastern Estonia that was a member of the Hanseatic League)
Livonia (a region on the Baltic that is divided between northern Estonia and southern Latvia)
Holonyms ("Esthonia" 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)