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ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation
Synonyms:
OAS; Organization of American States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Organization of American States" is a kind of...):
global organization; international organisation; international organization; world organisation; world organization (an international alliance involving many different countries)
Meronyms (members of "Organization of American States"):
Republic of Venezuela; Venezuela (a republic in northern South America on the Caribbean; achieved independence from Spain in 1811; rich in oil)
Uruguay (a South American republic on the southeast coast of South America; achieved independence from Brazil in 1825)
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Dutch Guiana; Netherlands Guiana; Republic of Suriname; Surinam; Suriname (a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; St. Vincent and the Grenadines (an island country in the central Windward Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979)
Saint Lucia; St. Lucia (a country on the island of Saint Lucia; gained independence from Great Britain in 1979)
Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Christopher-Nevis; Saint Kitts and Nevis; St. Christopher-Nevis; St. Kitts and Nevis (a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983)
Peru; Republic of Peru (a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries)
Paraguay; Republic of Paraguay (a landlocked republic in south central South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1811)
Grenada (an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth)
Brasil; Brazil; Federative Republic of Brazil (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter)
Bolivia; Republic of Bolivia (a landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain)
Bahama Islands; Bahamas; Commonwealth of the Bahamas (island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort)
Ecuador; Republic of Ecuador (a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes)
Commonwealth of Dominica; Dominica (a country on the island of Dominica)
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Trinidad and Tobago (an island republic in the West Indies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962)
Barbados (easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela)
Jamaica (a country on the island of Jamaica; became independent of England in 1962; much poverty; the major industry is tourism)
Dominican Republic (a republic in the West Indies; located on the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola)
Haiti; Republic of Haiti (a republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola; achieved independence from France in 1804; the poorest and most illiterate nation in the western hemisphere)
Cuba; Republic of Cuba (a communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba)
Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)
Panama; Republic of Panama (a republic on the Isthmus of Panama; achieved independence from Colombia in 1903)
El Salvador; Republic of El Salvador; Salvador (a republic on the Pacific coast of Central America)
Honduras; Republic of Honduras (a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; an early center of Mayan culture)
Guatemala; Republic of Guatemala (a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; noted for low per capita income and illiteracy; politically unstable)
Costa Rica; Republic of Costa Rica (a republic in Central America; one of the most politically stable countries in Latin America. In Spanish, Costa Rica means Rich Coast (Costa means Coast, Rica means Rich))
Colombia; Republic of Colombia (a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language)
Chile; Republic of Chile (a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast)
Argentina; Argentine Republic (a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America)
Antigua and Barbuda (a country in the northern Leeward Islands)
