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FIJI ISLANDS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific; larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are of volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs; smaller islands are coral

Synonyms:

Fiji Islands; Fijis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Fiji Islands"):

Viti Levu; Vanua Levu (a volcanic island in the Fijis)

Fiji; Republic of Fiji (an independent state within the British Commonwealth located on the Fiji Islands)

Holonyms ("Fiji Islands" is a part of...):

Melanesia (the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania)

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