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GREAT SANDY DESERT
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)
Holonyms ("Great Sandy Desert" is a part of...):
Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)
Australian Desert; Great Australian Desert (general name given to all desert areas in Australia)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A desert in southern Saudi Arabia
Synonyms:
Ar Rimsal; Dahna; Great Sandy Desert; Rub al-Khali
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)
Holonyms ("Great Sandy Desert" is a part of...):
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia (an absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy)
Arabian Desert; Great Arabian Desert (a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia)