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UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A republic in eastern Africa
Synonyms:
Tanzania; United Republic of Tanzania
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "United Republic of Tanzania"):
capital of Tanzania; Dar es Salaam (the capital and largest port city of Tanzania on the Indian Ocean)
Dodoma (a city in the center of Tanzania that has been designated as the future capital)
Tanganyika (a former state in East Africa; united with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania)
Zanzibar (an island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa; part of the United Republic of Tanzania)
Mbeya (a city in southwestern Tanzania)
Mwanza (a city in northern Tanzania on Lake Victoria)
Tabora (a city in western Tanzania)
Tanga (a port city in northeastern Tanzania on the Indian Ocean)
Serengeti; Serengeti Plain (a vast plain in Tanzania to the west of the Great Rift Valley known for its wildlife)
Kilimanjaro; Mount Kilimanjaro (the highest peak in Africa; located in northeastern Tanzania; 19,340 feet high)
Lake Malawi; Lake Nyasa (a long lake in southeastern Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi)
Olduvai Gorge (a gorge in northeastern Tanzania where anthropologists have found some of the earliest human remains)
Meronyms (members of "United Republic of Tanzania"):
Tanzanian (a native or inhabitant of Tanzania)
Holonyms ("United Republic of Tanzania" is a part of...):
East Africa (a geographical area in eastern Africa)
Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)
