TRIPLE FRONTIER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay meet; an active South American center for contraband and drug trafficking and money laundering; a suspected locale for Islamic extremist groups

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

frontier (an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary)

Holonyms ("Triple Frontier" is a part of...):

Argentina; Argentine Republic (a republic in southern South America; second largest country in South America)

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)

Paraguay; Republic of Paraguay (a landlocked republic in south central South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1811)

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