MONGOLIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "Mongolia"):

Mongolia; Mongolian People's Republic; Outer Mongolia (a landlocked socialist republic in central Asia)

Holonyms ("Mongolia" is a part of...):

Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)

Derivation:

Mongolian (of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or their languages or cultures)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A landlocked socialist republic in central Asia

Synonyms:

Mongolia; Mongolian People's Republic; Outer Mongolia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

Asian country; Asian nation (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Mongolia"):

capital of Mongolia; Kulun; Ulaanbaatar; Ulan Bator; Urga (the capital and largest city of Mongolia)

Gobi; Gobi Desert (a desert in central China)

Holonyms ("Mongolia" is a part of...):

Mongolia (a vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia)