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MADAGASCAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa; the 4th largest island in the world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Meronyms (parts of "Madagascar"):
Madagascar; Malagasy Republic; Republic of Madagascar (a republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960)
Holonyms ("Madagascar" is a part of...):
Indian Ocean (the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south)
Derivation:
Madagascan (of or relating to Madagascar or its people)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960
Synonyms:
Madagascar; Malagasy Republic; Republic of Madagascar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Madagascar"):
Antananarivo; capital of Madagascar (the capital and largest city of Madagascar)
Meronyms (members of "Madagascar"):
Madagascan (a native or inhabitant of Madagascar)
Holonyms ("Madagascar" is a part of...):
Madagascar (an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa; the 4th largest island in the world)
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)
Derivation:
Madagascan (of or relating to Madagascar or its people)
Context examples:
“Eighty-one; no—eighty-two, eh? no—eighty-three? Yes, eighty-three. Ten years ago. From some little port in Madagascar. I was trading.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Rare species tend to cluster in a handful of hotspots, such as the Northern Andes in South America, Costa Rica, South Africa, Madagascar and Southeast Asia.
(Nearly 40% of plant species are very rare, and vulnerable to climate change, National Science Foundation)
In contrast, deforestation in Latin America, insular South-East Asia (which include Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Timor Leste) and Madagascar derived low agricultural benefits and high environmental costs.
(Most countries lose out with forest-to-farm conversions, SciDev.Net)
When you are at Madagascar, or at the Cape, or in India, would it be a consolation to have that memento in your possession? or would the sight of it bring recollections calculated to enervate and distress?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
But they haven't got any of the Madagascar Liquid.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
However, I did then believe us to be about 10 degrees southward of the Cape of Good Hope, or about 45 degrees southern latitude, as I gathered from some general words I overheard among them, being I supposed to the south-east in their intended voyage to Madagascar.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
We then set sail, and had a good voyage till we passed the Straits of Madagascar; but having got northward of that island, and to about five degrees south latitude, the winds, which in those seas are observed to blow a constant equal gale between the north and west, from the beginning of December to the beginning of May, on the 19th of April began to blow with much greater violence, and more westerly than usual, continuing so for twenty days together: during which time, we were driven a little to the east of the Molucca Islands, and about three degrees northward of the line, as our captain found by an observation he took the 2nd of May, at which time the wind ceased, and it was a perfect calm, whereat I was not a little rejoiced.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
