SOUTH ISLAND

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The larger but less populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from North Island by Cook Strait

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("South Island" is a part of...):

New Zealand; New Zealand Islands (North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific)

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