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PLEASANT ISLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small island in the central Pacific Ocean 2,800 miles to the southwest of Hawaii; in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands
Synonyms:
Nauru; Nauru Island; Pleasant Island
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Meronyms (parts of "Pleasant Island"):
Nauru; Republic of Nauru (an island republic on Nauru Island; phosphate exports support the economy)
Holonyms ("Pleasant Island" is a part of...):
Federated States of Micronesia; Micronesia; TT (a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986)
