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REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964
Synonyms:
Northern Rhodesia; Republic of Zambia; Zambia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Zambia"):
capital of Zambia; Lusaka (the capital and largest city of Zambia)
Victoria; Victoria Falls (a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally)
Zambezi; Zambezi River (an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean)
Meronyms (members of "Republic of Zambia"):
Cewa; Chewa; Chichewa (a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe)
Zambian (a native or inhabitant of Zambia)
Holonyms ("Republic of Zambia" is a part of...):
Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)
