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MAURITANIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert
Synonyms:
Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Mauritania; Mauritanie; Muritaniya
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Mauritania"):
Nouakchott (capital of Mauritania; located in western Mauritania near the Atlantic coast)
Meronyms (members of "Mauritania"):
Mauritanian (a native or inhabitant of Mauritania)
Holonyms ("Mauritania" is a part of...):
Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)
Holonyms ("Mauritania" is a member of...):
Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)
Derivation:
Mauritanian (of or related to the island or country of Mauritius or its inhabitants)
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