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MASSAWA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A port town in Eritrea on an inlet of the Red Sea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Massawa" is a part of...):
Eritrea; State of Eritrea (an African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Ethiopia in 1993)