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IBERIAN PENINSULA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A peninsula in southwestern Europe
Synonyms:
Iberia; Iberian Peninsula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
peninsula (a large mass of land projecting into a body of water)
Meronyms (parts of "Iberian Peninsula"):
Portugal; Portuguese Republic (a republic in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; Portuguese explorers and colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries created a vast overseas empire (including Brazil))
Andorra; Principality of Andorra (a small republic in the eastern Pyrenees between Spain and France)
Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)
Meronyms (members of "Iberian Peninsula"):
Iberian (a native or inhabitant of the Iberian Peninsula (especially in ancient times))
Holonyms ("Iberian Peninsula" is a part of...):
Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)
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