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MOZAMBIQUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975
Synonyms:
Mocambique; Mozambique; Republic of Mozambique
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Mozambique"):
Beira (a port city in eastern Mozambique on the Mozambique Channel)
capital of Mozambique; Maputo (the capital and largest city of Mozambique)
Lake Malawi; Lake Nyasa (a long lake in southeastern Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi)
Crocodile River; Limpopo; Zambezi; Zambezi River (an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean)
Meronyms (members of "Mozambique"):
Mozambican (a native or inhabitant of Mozambique)
Holonyms ("Mozambique" 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)
Derivation:
Mozambican (of or relating to the people of Mozambique)
Mozambican (of or relating to or located in Mozambique)
