AALAND ISLANDS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An archipelago of some 6,000 islands in the Gulf of Bothnia under Finnish control

Synonyms:

Aaland islands; Ahvenanmaa; Aland islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Holonyms ("Aaland islands" is a part of...):

Finland; Republic of Finland; Suomi (republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917)

Gulf of Bothnia (a northern arm of the Baltic Sea; between Sweden and Finland)