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REPUBLIC OF ICELAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944
Synonyms:
Iceland; Republic of Iceland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Iceland"):
capital of Iceland; Reykjavik (the capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland; buildings are heated by natural hot water)
Meronyms (members of "Republic of Iceland"):
Icelander (a native or inhabitant of Iceland)
Holonyms ("Republic of Iceland" is a part of...):
Iceland (a volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle)
Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)
Holonyms ("Republic of Iceland" is a member of...):
NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security)
