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SVERIGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula
Synonyms:
Kingdom of Sweden; Sverige; Sweden
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
Scandinavian country; Scandinavian nation (any one of the countries occupying Scandinavia)
Meronyms (parts of "Sverige"):
Gota Canal (a canal for small oceangoing ships to enter Lake Vanern in Sweden)
capital of Sweden; Stockholm (the capital and largest city of Sweden; located in southern Sweden on the Baltic)
Malmo (a port in southern Sweden)
Lund (a city in southern Sweden)
Goeteborg; Goteborg; Gothenburg (a port in southwestern Sweden; second largest city in Sweden)
Uppsala; Upsala (a city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm)
Lake Vanern; Vanern (a lake in southwestern Sweden; the largest lake in Sweden)
Meronyms (members of "Sverige"):
Swede (a native or inhabitant of Sweden)
Holonyms ("Sverige" is a member of...):
Common Market; EC; EEC; EU; Europe; European Community; European Economic Community; European Union (an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members)
Scandinavia (a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian)
