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MOZAMBICAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Mozambique

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Mozambican" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Mozambican" is a member of...):

Mocambique; Mozambique; Republic of Mozambique (a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975)

Derivation:

Mozambican (of or relating to the people of Mozambique)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the people of Mozambique

Example:

Mozambican troops are at the border

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Mozambican (a native or inhabitant of Mozambique)

Derivation:

Mozambican (a native or inhabitant of Mozambique)

Mozambique (a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or located in Mozambique

Example:

Mozambican towns

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Mozambique (a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975)

Derivation:

Mozambique (a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975)

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