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MARTINIQUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An island in the eastern Caribbean in the Windward Islands; administered as an overseas region of France
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
French region (a geographical subdivision of France)
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Holonyms ("Martinique" is a part of...):
Windward Islands; Windward Isles (a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies; the southern part of the Lesser Antilles)
Holonyms ("Martinique" is a member of...):
French West Indies (the islands in the Lesser Antilles that are administered by France)