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QATAR PENINSULA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland into the Persian Gulf
Synonyms:
Katar; Katar Peninsula; Qatar; Qatar Peninsula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)
Meronyms (parts of "Qatar Peninsula"):
Katar; Qatar; State of Katar; State of Qatar (an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy is dominated by oil)
Holonyms ("Qatar Peninsula" is a part of...):
Arabia; Arabian Peninsula (a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources)