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NEW CALEDONIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island to the to the east of Australia and to the north of New Zealand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Holonyms ("New Caledonia" is a part of...):
Melanesia (the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania)
Derivation:
New Caledonian (of or relating to New Caledonia)