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SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any one of the countries occupying the South American continent
Synonyms:
South American country; South American nation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("South American country" is a kind of...):
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Instance hyponyms:
Argentina; Argentine Republic (a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America)
Chile; Republic of Chile (a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast)
Colombia; Republic of Colombia (a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language)
Ecuador; Republic of Ecuador (a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes)
Bolivia; Republic of Bolivia (a landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain)
Brasil; Brazil; Federative Republic of Brazil (the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter)
British Guiana; Co-operative Republic of Guyana; Guyana (a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966)
Paraguay; Republic of Paraguay (a landlocked republic in south central South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1811)
Peru; Republic of Peru (a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries)
Dutch Guiana; Netherlands Guiana; Republic of Suriname; Surinam; Suriname (a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975)
Uruguay (a South American republic on the southeast coast of South America; achieved independence from Brazil in 1825)
Republic of Venezuela; Venezuela (a republic in northern South America on the Caribbean; achieved independence from Spain in 1811; rich in oil)
Holonyms ("South American country" is a part of...):
South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)
