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MALAGASY REPUBLIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 "Malagasy Republic"):
Antananarivo; capital of Madagascar (the capital and largest city of Madagascar)
Meronyms (members of "Malagasy Republic"):
Madagascan (a native or inhabitant of Madagascar)
Holonyms ("Malagasy Republic" 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)