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MARSHALL ISLANDS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Meronyms (parts of "Marshall Islands"):
Marshall Islands; Republic of the Marshall Islands (a republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands)
Bikini (an atoll in the Marshall Islands; formerly used by the United States as a site for testing nuclear weapons)
Eniwetok (an atoll in the Marshall Islands; site of an amphibious assault in World War II; later used temporarily by the United States to test atomic bombs)
Kwajalein (an atoll in the western Marshall Islands that was used as a Japanese air and naval base during World War II)
Holonyms ("Marshall Islands" is a part of...):
Federated States of Micronesia; Micronesia; TT (a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands
Synonyms:
Marshall Islands; Republic of the Marshall Islands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Holonyms ("Marshall Islands" is a part of...):
Marshall Islands (a group of coral islands in eastern Micronesia)
