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GU
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898
Synonyms:
GU; Guam
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Holonyms ("GU" is a part of...):
Ladrone Islands; Mariana Islands; Marianas (a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions
Example:
genitourinary infections
Synonyms:
genitourinary; GU
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
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