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EAST AFRICA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A geographical area in eastern Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "East Africa"):

Burundi; Republic of Burundi (a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika)

Ruanda; Rwanda; Rwandese Republic (a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony)

Kenya; Republic of Kenya (a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya)

Tanzania; United Republic of Tanzania (a republic in eastern Africa)

Republic of Uganda; Uganda (a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962)

Holonyms ("East Africa" is a part of...):

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)

Derivation:

East African (of or relating to or located in East Africa)

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