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GUINE-BISSAU
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974
Synonyms:
Guine-Bissau; Guinea-Bissau; Portuguese Guinea; Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Guine-Bissau"):
Bissau; capital of Guinea-Bissau (the capital of Guinea-Bissau)
Holonyms ("Guine-Bissau" is a part of...):
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)
