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NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of islands in the Lesser Antilles just to the north of Venezuela that are administered by The Netherlands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Meronyms (parts of "Netherlands Antilles"):
Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao (a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles)
Saba (a island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano)
Saint Eustatius; St. Eustatius (an island in the Netherlands Antilles)
Holonyms ("Netherlands Antilles" is a part of...):
Caribees; Lesser Antilles (a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies)