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SOLOMON ISLANDS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth

Synonyms:

Solomon Islands; Solomons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Meronyms (parts of "Solomon Islands"):

Guadalcanal (a mountainous island; the largest of the Solomon Islands in the independent state that is a member of the British Commonwealth)

Solomon Islands (the southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth)

Holonyms ("Solomon Islands" is a part of...):

Melanesia (the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Solomon Islands"):

Bougainville (the largest of the Solomon Islands; a province of Papua New Guinea)

Honiara (national capital of Solomon Islands)

Holonyms ("Solomon Islands" is a part of...):

Solomon Islands; Solomons (the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth)

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