NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A group of islands in the Lesser Antilles just to the north of Venezuela that are administered by The Netherlands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Netherlands Antilles"):

Aruba; Bonaire; Curacao (a popular island resort in the Netherlands Antilles)

Saba (a island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano)

Saint Eustatius; St. Eustatius (an island in the Netherlands Antilles)

Holonyms ("Netherlands Antilles" is a part of...):

Caribees; Lesser Antilles (a group of islands in the southeastern West Indies)