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NAMIB DESERT
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)
Holonyms ("Namib Desert" is a part of...):
Namibia; Republic of Namibia; South West Africa (a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa)