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FIJI ISLANDS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific; larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are of volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs; smaller islands are coral
Synonyms:
Fiji Islands; Fijis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Meronyms (parts of "Fiji Islands"):
Viti Levu; Vanua Levu (a volcanic island in the Fijis)
Fiji; Republic of Fiji (an independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands)
Holonyms ("Fiji Islands" is a part of...):
Melanesia (the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania)
